At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire..

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond t….

Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making proce….

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention..

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me..

I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know..

We all have a large stake in preserving our democracy, but I maintain that those without power in our society, the black, the brown, the poor of all ….

I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was….

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam..

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation..

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our s….

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies….

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a….

If you got problems like unemployment, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and there's a guy that's always been there for you and for your family, th….

It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do..

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate..

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery..

We love the ability of the people to influence the actions of decision-makers, of lawmakers and presidents to be removed from or elevated to office b….

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future..

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it..

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out..