Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself.

Obama is to the Tea Party as the moon is to werewolves.

The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.

As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.

Good things don't come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.