When ignorance and bigotry is allied with power, it is a dangerous force. - Cory Booker

... marijuana in our country is already legal for privileged people ... the war on drugs has been a war on black and brown people.

We are brick city. We are like bricks themselves. We are strong. We are resilient. We are enduring.

I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can. Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don’t align with my values. … As soon as I said publicly that I was trying this experiment, so many vegans out there, hundreds and hundreds of people, have been reaching out to me with incredible support and encouragement as well as practical tips of how to do this without having to sacrifice that much in terms of the food and what I like. I've discovered some really delicious things—recipes, stores, and restaurants—that have made this transition far easier. … There's too much judgment out there. Really what we need to be doing is just all of us finding our own paths towards living the best lives we can live as clearly and boldly in accordance with our own personal values.