It actually does matter what people think about you.

Undoubtedly, the biggest influence on my life is my mom, followed pretty closely by my dad.

Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories.

I don't think that a white woman is in denial when she dyes her hair blonde. And I actually think we are the most varied in terms of the choices we make about our hair. Some of it may be political or psychological, but an awful lot of it is just aesthetic, how we like to view ourselves when we look in the mirror.

In a moment when young black voters were key to the election and the reelection of a black president, when the Department of Justice has been led these years by the first two African-American attorneys general, when many big cities boast African-American league prosecutors and police chiefs and mayors, even in this moment, why is it that it still feels to so many young people that there is more power for change on the court than in the courts?

I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn`t today.

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.