I don't think people were overmedicated, but I think health care cannot stop in the clinic. If all we do is throw pills and procedures at people after they're already sick and we don't deal with what's making them sick to start with, that's a real problem.

[My mother] was busy being a homemaker and was not an activist by any means.

That was like the moment of revelation for me that in fact we are not the lunatic fringe.

We, of course, need to improve our failing healthcare system, where costs are skyrocketing and 1 in 3 Americans doesn't have the healthcare that they need. Can't afford it, even with their insurance.

The economic insecurity of the past ten to 15 years, the 2008 Wall Street crash, NAFTA, and the loss of millions of good jobs - these directly grow out of Democratic Party neo-liberal policies.

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

The Keystone pipeline will spew a massive amount of carbon pollution into our fragile atmosphere. It should be stopped.