[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.

President [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look at some of these issues after Ferguson.

Bernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.

If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off with recovery jobs.

Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.

African-American people adore President Obama.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."