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've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.

Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

The American dream belongs to all of us.

We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.