I could do all of my activities at Howard because it was an environment that had essentially rid the ideology of false choices that I feel absolutely constricts young black students.

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.

In order to find balance, I feel very strongly about two things in particular in terms of routine. Work out, and eat well.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

My mantra about everything that has to do with public policy is: identify and reject the false choice.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Eighty-two percent of prisoners in the United States are high-school dropouts. A high-school dropout between the ages of 30 and 34 is two-thirds more likely to be in jail, or to have been in jail, or to be dead.