The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.

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

To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and Iraq we were wrong.

Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.

What some men don't understand is that by opposing policies to reduce violence, promote equal pay and universal healthcare and voting to limit access to contraception and legal abortion, they are relegating women to another century, a time when men ruled exclusively and women were considered property and had to be guided by a firm masculine hand.