Politics is not about money.

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.

We all do better when we all do better.

Traditional progressive bread and butter economic issues are the heart of the solution. It’s about ensuring decent jobs with a good wage. It’s about ensuring a free public education in all the communities of America, whether they are in the shiny new affluent suburbs or the crumbling old schools of the older suburbs and cities. It’s about ensuring a system where all Americans have access to health care, instead of a steadily declining share of our population.

I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines.

The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product – it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

Without trying, I’m different.

Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.

We’re not going to have real security until we invest in our children.

When too many Americans don’t vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.