Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed.

It's really Democrats who are fighting for working families and small businesses and trying to address the biggest problems that we have, which are huge disparities in incomes and wealth and money influencing the Democratic process.

I bring to the table core Democratic values and can articulate them very strongly. I'm not someone who tries to claim the middle.

I'm a proponent of single-payer health-care, public education, protecting the environment - all the things Democrats rally around.

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.

In the American 'melting pot,' identity politics wants to smash that pot - to bring us back to the Dark Ages, when collaboration was sparse.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.