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

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

We didn't hold President Obama as accountable as we might have.

Did Rahm Emmanuel serve President Barack] Obama or did he serve himself as he prepared to run for Mayor of Chicago? I don't use the term black-on-black violence, since I've never heard the term white-on-white violence.

Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.

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