We are world leaders, and we need to act like it.

The PHYSICAL Act gives our schools the flexibility they need to give physical education the attention it deserves in promoting our children's well-being.

We need to address hunger, job training, justice. I can't do it alone. We need to elect people who understand the urgency.

The fact that our country, the greatest country in the world, remains mired in race relations issues in the year 2014 is an embarrassment.

The times when black women have been successful in confronting and overcoming the structural and institutional sexism and racism that persists in our society have been when we are thoughtful and strategic about speaking up. It's when we've done what it takes to introduce and implement our ideas and our plans to make things better.

Democrats did not lose control of the Senate because African Americans did not vote. Actually, as supported by preliminary exit poll data, the complete opposite is the case. African Americans increased as a proportion of the electorate in 2014 over 2010.