Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.

As a nation we should commit ourselves not only to the fight against terrorism, but to economic justice, defeat of the AIDS epidemic and vestiges of discriminatory policies of all kinds.

It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs.

If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.

Well, I really think that shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

I have no God to hold me up. And I believe that when they shatter the body they shatter everything, and I knew that all of us—Christians, Muslims, atheists—lived in this fear of this truth.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Bollywood music is definitely a big part of Indian music and can be a great way to introduce people to the sound. But I hope to continue to incorporate other types of Indian music into my work.

Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans.

Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being.

Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.

I don't think I'm a natural novelist. Plot is definitely one of my weaker points. I've been working on it a long time, and it's not getting much better.

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.

If design is to be ecologically responsible, it must be independent of concern for the gross national product.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.