Jeff Merkley actually said...

This trend of increasing inequality is diminishing not only our economic strength but also our working families' trust in our political syst...

So if we are caught in a set of policies right now that are accentuating inequality, we must still recognize that we are here in a democracy...

If you go through the doors of that schoolhouse and you work hard, you can do just about anything here in America.

the daunting prospect of the pathway through higher education... might affect... the way they pursue their high school studies.