By the eleventh grade I realized with horror that my assumption of attending college was no more than that - an assumption. |
I know all about you. You're the people waiting on the shoreline with the warm towels and the hot chocolate after the woman swims the English Channel. |
I love my son very much. I'm very proud of him. He's accepted responsibility. |
I love this thing because all the camaraderie. |
I supported that resolution because I wanted to bring the administration forward to answer some questions about what they knew, when they knew it, and what they've authorized. |
There are more African-American men with suspended licenses than valid licenses, |
Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school. |
When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. |
Whenever I would get discouraged, I'd see the faces of the people who were going to have no voice in government if I weren't elected. A lot of them were female. A lot of them were people of color. And a lot of them were white, and they were poor. And they didn't matter. They just were obscure. |