The promise of Social Security was reflected in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inter-generational compact that rewards hard work and provides retirement security.

I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.

We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.

Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society.

The free market allowed shock jocks to flourish, and millions of listeners apparently enjoyed the rant.

I worked as a prosecutor watching Catholic priests charged with sex abuse and saw firsthand how the 'circle the wagons' mentality revictimized the innocent, coddled the guilty, and made matters worse for everyone.

When I was a prosecutor in San Francisco I would get advice on trying cases from public defenders and defense attorneys.