Emanuel Cleaver: “We have over 4 million kids right now who are living in environments where there is lead-based paint.”

Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won.

This was initiated by the White House, and this is what the president wants.

Right here in the middle of the country in the sometimes-cold Midwest, where people became so upset that they did what one can do only in a democracy, and they went out and organized.

We just received a healthy dose of encouragement that the voice of people in the United States still matters.