Republicans persuaded whites in places like West Virginia to vote against their economic interests by appealing to them on cultural issues— in other words, gays, guns, and God.
One thing that has never been a hard choice for me is serving our country. It has been the greatest honor of my life.
It’s up to us to make the choice to be grateful even when things aren’t going well. Nouwen calls that the discipline of gratitude. To me, it means not just being grateful for the good things, because...
I think all this may help explain why women leaders around the world tend to rise higher in parliamentary systems, rather than presidential ones like ours. Prime ministers are chosen by their colleagu...
I chose option A. I kept my cool, aided by a lifetime of dealing with difficult men trying to throw me off. I did, however, grip the microphone extra hard. I wonder, though, whether I should have chos...
Bill was watching Trump’s speech on television. He couldn’t believe it. Neither could I. Eventually everyone left, and it was just us. I hadn’t cried yet, wasn’t sure if I would. But I felt deeply and...
As much as I might have wanted to, I could never change my vote on Iraq. But I could try to help us learn the right lessons from that war and apply them to Afghanistan and other challenges where we ha...
While there are few problems in today’s world that the United States can solve alone, there are even fewer that can be solved without the United States. Everything that I have done and seen has convin...
When people feel left out, left behind, and left without options, the deep void will be filled by anger and resentment or depression and despair about those who supposedly took away their livelihood o...
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.
There was one major fact that kept the balance steady between us: I still needed my mother. I needed her shoulder to lean on; I needed her wisdom and advice. I used to come home from a long day in the...
Strength is what it’s all about. Trump doesn’t think in terms of morality or human rights, he thinks only in terms of power and dominance.
My predecessor in the Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, used to say, Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.
Donald Trump didn’t invent sexism, and its impact on our politics goes far beyond this one election. It’s like a planet that astronomers haven’t precisely located yet but know exists because they can...
And maybe if I showed that I wasn’t giving up, other people would take heart and keep fighting, too.
Forward-thinking teachers and school administrators across the country are creating a whole range of alternatives to cookie-cutter teaching and evaluation methods, such as the use of student portfolio...
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. . . . You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes...
The truth is, everyone's flawed. That's the nature of human beings. But our mistakes alone shouldn't define us. We should be judged by the totality of our work and life.
The commentator Peter Daou, who worked on my 2008 campaign, captured my feelings when he tweeted, If Trump had won by 3 million votes, lost electoral college by 80K, and Russia had hacked RNC, Republi...