It's great that Maryland is tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation, but there's more work to do to eliminate that gap entirely.
I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state.
Back on September 11, terrorists attacked our metropolitan cores, two of America's great cities. They did that because they knew that was where they could do the most damage and weaken us the most.
The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all.
I was motivated to go into public life because of the great chasm that exists between justice and injustice in our country. Nowhere is that divide greater than in America's cities.
Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.
There is no greater ladder into the middle class than education.
Progressive leaders always try to take action on the forward edge of that movement, movement toward greater respect for the equal rights of all.
I didn't run for mayor because everything was going great in Baltimore in 1999.