I have become the poster child for calling all the Trump people racists, when, in fact, I don't think they're all racists, but they tolerated racism. And that's a problem.

That's one component: rather than creating job-training pipelines that put these kids at the back of the line for the last century's pollution-based jobs, we need to be creating opportunities for them to be at the front of the line for the new clean and green jobs.

People in red states and blue states can agree that we are a nation blessed with extraordinary natural wealth and beauty, which we would be foolish to waste; therefore conservation and efficiency are values we all can share.

I am not, in fact, a superhero. Just a humble, mild-mannered civil rights attorney.

Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?

The main obstacle is the entrenched power of the legacy polluters.

Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come.