We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.

Like art, political action gives shape and expression to the things we fear as well as to those we desire. It is a creative process, drawing on the power to imagine as well as to act.

Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.