Mother Earth is in pain and ailing - bglobal warming. The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty. When I was born, there were 2.5 billion people living on the whole planet. Now there are 2.5 billion people living on less than $2 a day. That's the kind of reality we have to deal with.

The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.

Democracy is about criticism.

Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming.

I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.

Some of the most amazing stories are happening on the global scene. My extraordinary producing partner, Joslyn Barnes, she's just virtually changed my life with the way she constructed this company and how we go about telling the stories we want to tell.

There is a lack of leadership outside the Beltway, outside of politics.