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We are moving toward an oligarchic form of society, and it will take all of us to fight against it.

Clinton received almost 3 million more votes, but Trump will be the next president. It's clear the electoral college needs to be changed.

Lowering prices on prescription drugs—that is, making sure that people can afford to live—should not be a partisan issue.

Every person in this country deserves a decent opportunity and a decent standard of living. Until that happens we will not truly be free.

It would be nice to put off worrying about climate change for a few decades. But the truth is we have no choice but to act now.

We are living in a nation which worships wealth rather than caring for the poor. I don't think that is the nation we should be living in.

The wealthy have seen their incomes rise immensely in the last 30 years. It is not class warfare to say they don't need another tax break.

Money and wealth should serve the people. The people should not have to serve money and wealth.

There is something profoundly wrong when one family owns more wealth than the bottom 130 million Americans.

Cuts to life and death programs like Medicare and massive tax breaks for the wealthy—that's not what America is supposed to be about.

Even though the same proportion of blacks and whites use marijuana, a black person is almost 4x more likely to be arrested for possession.

Walmart costs taxpayers $6.2 billion every year in public assistance programs by not paying their workers a living wage. That is insane.

Congress must begin listening to the majority of Americans who do not want cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.

Our job is to grow the union movement so that anyone working 40 hours a week, whether it’s in a factory or a hotel, doesn't live in poverty.

A small subsection of the one percent are hell-bent on doing everything in their power to block action against climate change.

Young people in this country should be in good schools and at good jobs, not in jail cells.

There is hatred being generated against immigrants in this country. We've got to stand together and reject that hate.