Here's Maya Angelou, with musical accompaniment, explaining why she thinks Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is a boon to all women.

best line: "I’m proud that she gives herself the authority to be in her own skin. To be who she is."

It seems like the Clinton campaign is lining up the poetvote.

“So what the heck are we going to do about Shelly Silver, is that the question?”

That was Gene Russianoff's anticipatory take on the line of questions I posed to him and other congestion pricing advocates for a story in this week's Observer.

I've also got an interview with Queens-born rap legend D.M.C. (of Run-D.M.C.), who likes Hillary Clinton “because it’s gangsta.” Here's his take on Barack Obama: “On a political, on a Hollywood, political platform, he’s a new player in town. He’s like Run-D.M.C. to the music industry to break into MTV, if I can put it like that.”