Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity.

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

I don't worship the Bible, I worship the God who gave the Bible.

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism.

All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we point the finger at somebody else, because four more fingers are pointing back at us.

We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.

The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.

I was very struck when Min. Farrakhan said if Jesus and Muhammad were here today, they'd be embracing each other. That's a tremendous message that needs to be heard more broadly.

DOS is ugly and interferes with users' experience.

I was 14 when I lost them [his front teeth]. The main thing was, we won that game, so I was the happiest. You hate to lose your teeth and the game, too.

The enemies of freedom will not prevail.

If you love your country, then you need to be thinking a lot more critically about what justice.

Most wars are fought for greed, but we are luckier here we fight for our lives and the lives of the people we love.

After you've been away, people's expectations are like, "Well, you better have something to show for it. Tell us why you've been away so long!"

The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time. I'm sure I wasn't the only goalie who did that.

I talk to the friends in my head on paper.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.