There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

Without trying, I'm different.

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

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.

We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.

There is a major ingredient missing from our perception of how changes are brought about; that ingredient is power.

Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.