It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.

I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear that society will collapse if it's not acting. To contrast those actions with other actions is important in making it feel plausible. Maybe we must have the size of the dream meet the size of the threat.

It's a lot harder to push forward things, like energy policy. There's a big dream out there about wind and solar power.

Public education is so important - resisting privatization and charterization, high-stakes testing, and defunding. It's important for New York, but it's also important for the country.

I think that most people have deeply creative sensibilities.

What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways.

Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.