I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.

I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.

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.

I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.

Bernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.

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

Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.