When you're someone who cares about making a difference in the world, and you have resources to do that, you have literally hundreds of choices you could make about how to do that.
There are many successful startup funders who are looking for ways to make a difference in the world.
Governor Rauner talks about what he might get done or what he tried to get done. It's past time for all his talk. It's time for action. It's what I've been doing my whole life.
You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.
Black and brown communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by deficiencies in our criminal justice system.
If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
It takes a tough, stand-up governor to stand up to the president of the United States - speaking out against the president, speaking out against his policies and, more than that, having actual policies that will help expand health care while... Trump is trying to diminish it for Illinois families.
Health care is a human right, and single-payer health care will deliver quality, affordable care to every Illinoisan.
The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.
My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.