I understand that Republicans-running-against-Obamacare-in-order-to-save-Medicare is a clever jujitsu. But how long will they play out that argument before they get back to the economy?

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.

I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation.

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit.