There was really interesting work going on, for example, in the Mississippi bayou, where there were some really exemplary health centers that also became centers with kind of political organizing.

You don't know what the real problems of a health care system are until you get sick.

There is no evidence, that I am aware of, that points to a link between vaccines and developmental disability.

I actually studied Indian classical vocal music.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

Voters, I think, in many ways, have begun to really reject the system.

If we want to cure the things that threaten life, limb and even survival, we need to heal our sick political system. That is, not just to address our physical ailments, but the things that determine whether we're going to survive into the next century. That is war, climate change, poverty, etc. We've got to fix our politics.