Barack Obama: “What happened to Hadiya is not unique. It's not unique to Chicago. It's not unique to this country. Too many of our…”

She knew she was going to mess me up, and she did it anyway.

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.

I hope this center will serve as an affirmation of just how special, how precious our democracy truly is.

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.