The price we paid for Rutherford B. Hayes was too damn high. Twelve years after the Civil War, a disputed presidential election led to the Compromise of 1877 and ushered in the terrible reality of Jim Crow. Today, as Americans across the country take to the streets to protest yet…

What SECNAV Should Have Said to USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailors As a former Pentagon speechwriter, I thought I’d take a stab at the speech — and the outcome — Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly should have delivered to Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Good morning. It is…

Our campaign began nearly a year ago with a simple premise: we must engage those left behind. And that’s exactly what we’ve done. We’ve registered new voters and re-energized others. We’ve made this a campaign that deliberately includes rural, black, brown, native, and older Americans. …

When we launched our campaign on April 4, 2019, we started from scratch. We didn’t have access to family money or political connections. I hadn’t run for office before. We were about as grassroots as campaigns get. That is why I am so proud of the historic campaign we’ve built…

Growing up in Wayne County, it’s hard not to be affected by our nation’s broken healthcare system. I didn’t see a doctor until I turned 18; I saw a physician’s assistant. I remember this because I’d always call him “Doctor,” and he’d always correct me: “I’m not a doctor, I’m…

I grew up in Red Creek, just a stone’s throw from Lake Ontario. As a kid, Oswego, Fair Haven, and Sodus Point were where our families went and, when they weren’t looking, where we snuck off to be with our friends. …