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Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (born September 20, 1968) is an American news commentator, author, and non-practicing attorney. He is a co-founder of several nonprofit organizations, including the Dream Corps, a "social justice accelerator" that operates three advocacy initiatives: #cut50, #Yeswecode and Green for All. He is the author of The Green Collar Economy and Rebuild the Dream, both ranking as New York Times bestselling books. He is a regular CNN contributor and host of The Van Jones Show.

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We are talking about capital-intensive enterprises, so market certainty is the key. Investors and entrepreneurs have to know that there will be a guaranteed U. S. renewable energy market in which they can compete. Otherwise, they will create the next generation of green companies and green jobs in Asia, not here.

Compete, Create, Guaranteed, Jobs, Keys, Talking

That old Bobby Kennedy 1968 form of liberalism where you could be holding hands with the Appalachian family on one day and then be in Harlem the next day and nobody thinks it's weird, that is something that isn't as strong. It was strong in 2008. It hasn't been as strong since then. That's just a reality that we have to deal with that it's not just that the Republicans ran a terrible candidate who had bad ideas, it's also that the circle of love and affirmation that we have as progressives can sometimes just not be big enough.

Family, Hands, Harlem, Reality, Strong, Thinking

Higher energy costs are unavoidable in all future scenarios.

Cost, Energy, Future, Higher, Unavoidable

Donald Trump understood the dynamics of the new media system better than the people who ran the old media system.

Dynamics, Media, People, Ran, Understood

The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.

Come, Earth, Eco, Move, Moving, Time

In countries where there are real civil wars, people go through a lot, and we should be willing to go through a lot to help them.

Civil, Country, Help, Real, War, Willing

All the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians, a lot of white guys who work hard every day and who don't feel that they are on top of the world, those signals are clear and it's a turn off.

Bigotry, Christian, Day, Hard Work, Party, Traditional

I am not, in fact, a superhero. Just a humble, mild-mannered civil rights attorney.

Attorney, Civil Rights, Fact, Humble, Superhero

In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy.

America, Clean, Fighting, People, Pollution, Warming

Clean energy is hippy power. But its also cowboy power, it's rancher power, it's Appalachian power.

Clean, Cowboy, Energy, Hippy, Power, Rancher

To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.

Barriers, Color, Folks, Mounting, Powerful, White

Ocean's remarkable stories, depth of commitment, and eloquent communication make him a fantastic resource for conferences, universities, and indeed everyone who wants a potent dose of grounded inspiration.

Communication, Everyone, Inspiration, Ocean, Remarkable

The dirty energy crowd can be offset only by the power of the rising clean energy sector and the American people, aroused across party lines.

Dirty, Lines, Party, People, Rising

I used to go to all the environmental conferences when I wasn't an invited speaker. I was just somebody in the back taking a lot of notes. It was when I was least visible that I came up with the most cool stuff. Now, because I don't get to be Clark Kent, I feel like my learning curve is slowing way down. I'm always afraid the conversation will move on and I'll be up at the front of the room saying last year's speech.

Down, Environmental, Kent, Moving, Speakers, Stuff

We should not allow the fundamentalists and the bigots to take over and speak for the great faiths any more than we should let them take over and speak for the great nation.

Bigots, Great Faith, Should, Speak, Take

Trump is much, much worse than people understand. In his ideal world, you would have an alliance between Trump, Putin, Marine Le Pen, maybe a right winger might knock off Merkel in Germany, and you'd have this sort of, essentially, a nationalist populist alliance that can only be made sense of when seen as a right-wing, white nationalism against the world. Because, who do they want to fight? They want to fight Asia and China, they want to fight Latin America and Mexico.

Fighting, Latin, Marine, Mexico, Understand, White

I am sharing my faith with my sons. I pray, meditate and read devotionally. But let me be clear: I am a "person of faith" not because I am a saint, but because I am a sinner.

Faith, Let, Praying, Saint, Son

Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business.

Differences, Media, Political, Technology

Distorting attacks when people already don't trust you is not smart.

Already, Distorting, Don'T Trust, People, Smart

I want the coal miners, who've been American heroes, who kept the lights put on for black people and white people for a hundred years, and who now are too sick to work, I want them to be able to go see a doctor. I don't care who they vote for. I don't care if they vote for a Tea Party Republican, I'm fighting for you because I voted for you to live in a country where we don't have disposable people.

Country, Disposable, Hero, Party, Vote

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