I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

lean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floor, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.