There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.

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

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.

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

Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.

The future belongs to those who are passionate and work hard.

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.