I still have a righteous indignation at injustice, no matter what form it takes. It could be homophobia, it could be white supremacy, male supremacy, imperial arrogance, class subordination or whatever.

Some people don't want to be morally consistent. They just want to be tied to their one issue.

When you think of 244 years of slavery and 81 years of that finally you are going to be allowed to be part of the pool from which people choose jobs. That's not a substantive kind of move, but it was very important.

When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

I was blessed to be part of a commercial, pushing for this energy bill, but we've been unsuccessful.

We're learning lessons from Africa. And the lesson that we need to learn is, how do we straighten our backs up in the face of these oligarchs and plutocrats who are trying to snatch the best of our democracy away?