We have this window of opportunity; we have a chance to make something real happen. Something possible happen, to live beyond our fear — think about … - Michelle Obama

When someone chooses to lift the curtain on a perceived imperfection in her story, on a circumstance or condition that traditionally might be considered to be a weakness, what she’s often actually revealing is the source code for her steadiness and strength.

As you might imagine, for Barack, running for president is nothing compared to that first game of basketball with my brother, Craig.

But my first months at Whitney Young gave me a glimpse of something that had previously been invisible — the apparatus of privilege and connection, what seemed like a network of half-hidden ladders and guide ropes that lay suspended overhead, ready to connect some but not all of us to the sky.