Part of growing up is realizing the frustrating, heartbreaking truth that intense and sustained long-term effort is needed to effect change.

Obama set a record number of deportations of illegal immigrants in 2011, but that fact alone is misleading. Obama has spoken in favor of and has urged Congress to pass the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow young undocumented immigrants to stay in America, their home, and achieve citizenship by going to college or serving in the military.

The Profile in Courage Award recognizes elected officials who choose to do what is right, not what is easy, so that we might learn from their example. Each time we give the award, we bear witness to the past for the sake of the future.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

I studied Computer Science when I was in my undergrad and minored in Digital Art & Design.

What the Internet has done is it has decentralised power.

Our idea with starting Stripe was to build better payments technology for people building things on the web.

Every social media post should have a beautiful graphic. If there are two identical stories, the one with the beautiful graphic will always win.