The road to some of the darkest moments of history have been paved with the rants of petty demagogues against ethnic minorities for centuries.

I was raised poor, in a tenement building in Union City, New Jersey, the son of Cuban immigrants.

You can have a Second Amendment right, but not a Second Amendment right to an AR-15.

The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.

What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law.

I teach one semester a year, and this year I'm just teaching one course during that semester, a writing workshop for older students in their late 20s and early 30s, people in our graduate program who are already working on a manuscript and trying to bring it to completion.

I knew that my career in dance would come to an end at some point, and transitioning into a career in fitness was a natural progression.

I believe that whether you love your job or hate your job, get laid off or are just in-between jobs, you deserve health care that can never be taken away.