God chooses community sometimes to bear an unfair burden to force us to rise to the next level of consciousness and understanding.
Van JonesAll the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians, a lot of white guys who work hard every day and who don't feel that they are on top of the world, those signals are clear and it's a turn off.
Van JonesAmericans need to see people who are honestly trying to learn from each other, even as we make our own points powerfully and fight for our own values and policies.
Van JonesThere are about 46,000 jobs supported by the solar industry right now. That's fewer than it should be, too. And you have a whole other set of jobs in energy-efficiency in buildings and in creating the "Smart Grid," as we call it.
Van Jones