A politics of struggle is rooted in values and vision, and above all trust. — Bernie Sanders

Change comes, even in the face of overwhelming odds. And the recognition of the changes we have already made, of what we have won, inspires us to fight even harder.

I got involved in electoral politics because I believed that movement activism on behalf of civil rights and women's rights and labor rights and environmental protection and peace needed to be reflected on our ballots and in the corridors of power.

Now is the time for us to make America the country that the vast majority of our people want it to be. It will take a political revolution to make the change.