America cannot be America in the new century until it deals with these new questions of gender, including the trans issues, and the questions around faith and Islam.

Environmentalists and clean energy champions should stop telling people that we are working for "sustainability," which nobody understands.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

There are only two ways to have a middle class in your country: either you have highly skilled manufacturing jobs, or you have a highly skilled, well trained, knowledge-based workforce. In other words, college.

[Donald Trump] is a horrible human being, but he ain't worse than Bull Connor. Fannie Lou loved Bull Connor and beat Bull Connor because she loved him.

Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull into ourselves, retreating into either survivalist or escapist mode. To the contrary, this is the time for titans, not turtles. Now is the time to open our arms, expand our horizons, and dream big. Big problems require big solutions.

I'm the first one in my family born with all my rights. I'm a ninth generation American.