Areva Martin

You’ve all heard the the lyrics to Tina Turner’s Grammy-nominated song “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The answer is: Everything in 2016! Although Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker didn’t grace the enormous blue stage, last night was full of emotional and passionate speeches from a myriad of elected officials, celebrities and everyday […]

As I planned to attend the Democratic National Convention this week, one of the motivating factors was not only the unique opportunity to serve as a Hillary Clinton appointee to the Rules Committee, but I was also persuaded by the fact that my Harvard Law school classmate, and our First Lady Michelle Obama, would be

It’s the first day of the Democratic Convention and rather than spending the morning talking about the amazing speeches we are about to hear tonight from Senator Cory Booker, First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders, the news has been fixated on the Debbie Wasserman Schultz email debacle and the protests

I kicked off today with a run inside on the treadmill. It’s not the same as hitting the streets in the California sun, but if you are going to play a part in picking the first female President, you need your strength, and you got to represent! On my second day in Philly, I’m struck

Day 1. 1700 Hours I arrived in Philadelphia this morning after a delayed flight, misplaced luggage and a missed appearance on CNN. Needless to say, I had a rocky start! After spending considerable time trying to find the meeting room to get briefed for the first order of business — the Rules Committee — I

I am appalled by the video that has surfaced on the Internet of a therapist who was shot by the Miami Police Department as he tried to comfort his autistic client. Apparently, someone called the police with the report that there was a man with a gun in the area. There was no gun and