...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

We're not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

The best kind of politics is when you help people become their own best selves.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.