A former Senator from North Carolina, John Edwards rose to national prominence in 2004 as the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. Senator Edwards was a key voice during the campaign, articulating a deep commitment to health-care issues, improving schools, protecting civil liberties, preserving the environment, and saving Social Security and Medicare. Now serving as director of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina, Senator Edwards continues to advocate for progressive change, as a spokesman within the Democratic Party and in his work at UNC. In his passionate, informed speeches, Senator Edwards insists that alleviating poverty in this country is not a partisan issue, but instead a moral one that challenges all of us to do the right thing.
