Don't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.

I think the takeaway from not holding President Obama accountable is, no matter how enthusiastic you are about Hillary Clinton, no matter how enthusiastic you are, the first thing that needs to happen is that people need to start planning how to hold her accountable.

[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.

I especially appreciated hearing the President [Barack Obama] affirm that "black lives matter" and that it means that some citizens are feeling more pain, and experiencing more negative effects than others, and he offered up the stats. He also indicated that black lives matter does not negate the fact that blue lives matter. He ably walked the tightrope, here, between affirming both black life and police life.

If the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.

Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.