“What's unique about America is that the country itself was built upon ...” — Jodie Turner-Smith Quote

“What's unique about America is that the country itself was built upon oppression, it's in the very foundation.”

“I am deeply moved by sculptures of powerful women.”

“The racial dynamics over here are fraught. White supremacy is overt. It's the reason I don't want to raise my kids here.”

“It was impossible for Hillary Clinton to have chosen a path to the White House that bypassed the loathing, jeering derision and gendered stereotyping built on two centuries of male power. What was interesting was how hard she tried to do just that.”

“We are a country of immigrants who have built this great nation, but it is legal immigration that we should be recognizing and encouraging.”

“We moved to South Central Iowa to the farm where my dad had grown up, where my grandfather had grown up. The house was actually, it was a tiny little house. It was about 600 square feet and it was built by my great-grandfather. And that's the house I spent time in as a child.”