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

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.

I think that ranked-choice voting makes a lot of sense.

I don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public.

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.