Service is running for public office with the explicit and limited goal of serving your neighbors.
In the era of President Trump, we've gone from believing things that are 'true enough' to believing things that aren't true at all, and can be demonstrably proven so.
If it’s possible, 2018 was a year in which it felt like everything was changing, and also like nothing was. While we set our global expectations for the next one, teeming with significant political, social and economic volatility, we’re also considering more local possibilities - changes within our own communities, homes and bodies.
When I decided to see what Nascar was all about in 2005, it was an intellectual project, the same reason I went to the shooting range on West 20th Street and tried shooting a rifle at paper targets. I was addicted to both things instantly.
But on a regular basis, Van Jones is my jam. I would show up anywhere to talk about anything with Van. And I’m lucky enough, not only to do that on television for CNN, but traveling to do left-right debates at colleges or for groups or work associations.
We tend to think of the House as a less historically significant legislative body than the Senate. There are more representatives than there are senators, they’re up for re-election every two years, and many come and go without having much of an impact.
