I have called the co-host job at the 'Today Show' my dream job, and I would be lying if I said it was easy to leave that job.

I try to do stories that make a difference - stories that affect the way people think, stories that people need to hear - and usually what drives me is to do stories about people who have no voice, people who have no political power, people who are overlooked by society.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

The answer, of course, in the mouth of a Christian teacher is that in Christianity alone is there both present joy and future hope.

The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.

Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about.

It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect that our time will sustain itself if we don't do a better job on issues like education... It's absolutely the case that the low cost of college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid I was able to receive made my education possible.