Barack Obama: “To commemorate the life and accomplishments of Colonel Charles Young...”

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

It fortifies you to say that, yes, this has been part of the journey that we’re on.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.