If we can figure out how to give more Americans a shot in tech, a shot at the ordinary jobs that don’t necessarily afford rock star status or come with generous stock options but that can sustain middle-class life, then we might just take a step toward stitching our nation back together. Ro Khanna Read Quote
Technology is amoral, but it requires humanistic values to steer it in a way that’s empowering, and not detrimental to social progress. It’s up to us to maximize the good and minimize the bad. Ro Khanna Read Quote
While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a brutal dictator and should be tried at the Hague for international war crimes, the United States should not militarily overthrow him. Ro Khanna Read Quote
All Americans must have access to the Internet in today’s digital world, and the market needs competition to drive affordable prices. Ro Khanna Read Quote
As a child growing up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, my connection to my Indian roots came from summer visits to New Delhi where my grandparents lived. Ro Khanna Read Quote
My grandfather, or Nana Ji, as we called him, was a family legend. Amarnath Vidyalankar spent his life fighting for India’s independence, which included spending four years in prison in Mahatma Gandhi’s movement. I still remember the conversations we had together, many of them while playing chess. Ro Khanna Read Quote
We have a choice in Silicon Valley. We can either continue to exist as an island to ourselves, focused on wealth creation and innovation… or we can understand that we are in the middle of a software revolution and answer the nation’s call to provide economic opportunity and technology to places left behind. Ro Khanna Read Quote
One key question for the United States in the 21st century is whether noncoastal towns and rural communities, including many communities of color, will be able to participate in the digital revolution. Ro Khanna Read Quote
We need to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians and accept our fair share of refugees. Ro Khanna Read Quote
