Ajamu Baraka comes out of the tradition of the African-American intellectuals, the people who really been standing up for African-American rights and economic rights and workers rights.

Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.

Pay attention America. Third party might not win it this year, but we could be seeing the shift away from a two party system unfolding.

It's not possible to solve the climate crisis while we continue to expand fracking.

We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism, we and our allies, while with the other hand we fund terrorism, arm terrorism and train terrorism.

Moving to 100 percent renewable energy means we no longer need and can no longer justify wars for oil.

The corporate-powered parties are not gonna do it for us, not the greater or the lesser evil. We have to do it for ourselves. And the minute we stand up and stand together, we are unstoppable.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

There is no such thing as a survivable or local nuclear war.

I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected.

In this country, we not only have a right to vote, we have a right to know who we can vote for.

Don't just dream big; follow through.

The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.

Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be.

The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.

If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned.

Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.

Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.

Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment.

Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.