This is a continuation of ICE’s targeted harassment of the most vulnerable in our communities. If Sister Ugboaja is forced to return to Nigeria, she will likely be tortured, which is why she was granted a protection from removal order in 2019.  Sister Ugboaja isn’t the only one, either. In July, Nepthali Zozaya Saucedo and his wife Cinthia Sarai Cardona Otero were detained by ICE agents as they were flying from Texas to North Carolina for a religious retreat. Both are assistant pastors from south Texas who are in the U.S. on religious visas and in the process of obtaining green cards. They claimed that ICE threatened them with prolonged detainment if they didn’t sign voluntary deportation papers. Public pressure works, even against ICE. We must  block the deportation proceedings against Sister Leticia Ugboaja before other religious leaders are put in deportation proceedings. 

Permanent corrective action to armor the cliff with a rip rap system has been in place since April 5, 2013 – Project # GXUN 13-0016 – and even has been funded several times, with that money then put to other wartime uses. Local, state, and federal agencies are all aware of the problem and detailed studies have been completed with multiple State and local agencies participating. But year after year this project, important to thousands of military and federal personnel, drops out of the funding formula despite this long-standing plan and remedy. Meanwhile prices rise and the damage continues, making the immediate cliff a danger, though not one person has been injured in all this time. The site is currently under the ownership of Hanscom Air Force Base’s 66th Air Base Group, with many of its neighbors to the south on Humarock Beach having adequately armored their properties on their own dollar. The people who have signed this petition (with family and friends who know of and have enjoyed 4th Cliff) urge these lawmakers to take action and see that Project GXUN 13-0016 gets funded this year, saving Fourth Cliff for posterity as an R&R gem. It is also sanctuary to three endangered species of birds.  As a 100% disabled veteran with a Purple Heart and two Bronze Star metals from combat in Vietnam, Fourth Cliff has been a great blessing to my wife and I for 45 years, from tenting to renting guest houses, to holding our daughter’s wedding in the Pavilion, to beachcombing, swimming, and fishing. My three grown children and grandchildren enjoy and love Fourth Cliff. This is our favorite location in all of New England, no, in the United States, a real gem. Contemplating a future without it is almost too hard to imagine.  The announcement of its closure late this year for safety reasons (though no one has been injured there in its history), drove me to post this petition and urge our lawmakers to “Save Fourth Cliff!” It is not too late. Find a way to fund this 2013 project now, and provide the resources needed to upgrade an important historical site and campground for thousands of military members and residents who are an important boon to the local economy.

Congress could soon add a dangerous provision to expand and empower ICE’s violence — violence that killed two more people last month — to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Proponents of the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) claim they’re focused on decreasing retail theft. In reality, CORCA would sneakily hand DHS, ICE’s parent agency, even broader authority to collect, analyze, and share our personal information. More facial recognition. More data-sharing between police and corporations. More opportunities for reckless ICE agents to terrorize our communities with violence. That’s the world we’ll live in if the Senate adds this dangerous provision as an amendment to the final bill. But with the Senate NDAA currently stalled, we have a critical opportunity to push lawmakers to keep CORCA out of the final bill. Stopping the addition of CORCA to the NDAA will require all of us joining the movement partners already speaking out. We need to flood Senate offices today with messages demanding they reject deepening an era of ICE violence and impunity.

AI technology is advancing faster than community leaders and elected officials can keep up, and in Ohio, many of these data centers are going up without full transparency around who is behind them. Meanwhile, billionaires are getting richer from data centers that put a drain on local communities and force everyday people to foot the bill.  A 2022 study from UCLA and Columbia University found that historically redlined communities face the brunt of the pollution and toxicity from data centers.  Our communities will only suffer more with the construction of more centers and we deserve better.  Sign the petition calling for a data center moratorium!

 Every child deserves timely access to specialized medical care, regardless of where they live. Families in Prattville and the surrounding communities should not have to travel approximately 90 minutes to Birmingham during a medical emergency to reach a dedicated children's hospital. While Montgomery has a hospital that treats children, it is not a specialized children's hospital and its emergency department is often overcrowded. When a child is seriously ill or injured, long travel times and extended waits can add unnecessary stress to families and delay access to pediatric specialists. Our community continues to grow rapidly, yet access to specialized pediatric healthcare has not kept pace. Expanding pediatric services closer to Prattville would improve access to lifesaving care, reduce the burden on families, and provide peace of mind to parents who simply want the best care possible for their children. This petition is about advocating for the health and well-being of the children in our community. Every family deserves the reassurance of knowing that expert pediatric care is available closer to home when it matters most.

The CDC’s "Autism and Vaccines" page used to reflect what decades of rigorous research have shown. Now it’s been quietly rewritten to include a reckless line that it is “not an evidence-based claim” to say that there is no connection between vaccines and autism. That’s a fundamental distortion of what the evidence has repeatedly revealed and what the medical community at-large promotes. The CDC won’t say it, but we will: Vaccines do not cause autism.  No environmental factor has been studied more thoroughly as a potential cause of autism than vaccines. Multiple studies, across multiple countries, with different populations and age groups, have all reached the same conclusion: There is no link. These changes to the CDC’s webpage will have dire consequences. Vaccine hesitancy is already a growing threat to public health, putting young children, immunocompromised people, and older adults at greater risk of preventable disease. Sign the petition now calling on Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to remove the misinformation and restore accurate, evidence-based content to the CDC’s autism and vaccines webpage!

Trump's illegal war on Iran just entered its sixth month and shows no signs of slowing. A brief pause in the violence quickly collapsed, with strikes reported in Iran, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq. At least seventeen U.S. servicemembers have died. At least 1,700 people in Iran have been killed. At least $100 billion has been wasted. Congress never authorized this war. More than that, Congress ordered Trump to end it through a historic war powers vote. But once again, Trump returned to the playbook he’s most familiar with — violence. Instead of demanding accountability, Republican leaders are moving forward toward a record-shattering $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget Trump can use to wage more war. They’d do it at the expense of social service programs — food assistance, healthcare, and more — that millions of people across the country rely on. It’s a dangerous moment, one that’s made it clear that you get what you pay for: Investing trillions of dollars in war over the last several decades has gotten us exactly that. It’s past time we turn the tables, which is why we’re demanding investments in people instead.

MPD are using the claim that Corey had a knife and possibly injured an officer in the scuffle as justification for his killing. But disturbing bystander footage shows four officers tackling him to the ground and shooting him a shocking three times in the head after being tased—a blatant display of police brutality and unnecessary deadly force.  Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said it best: “It does not matter who you are or what your past is. You should not lose your life as a result of an encounter with law enforcement.” The area where the MPD officer shot and killed Corey has a history of police brutality and killings. In 2015, blocks away, an unarmed teenager, Tony Robinson, was shot and killed by officer Matthew Kenny. His murder—and the complete lack of police accountability—sparked protests across the city, sounding the alarm about racial discrimination by MPD In Madison, and echoing outrage at police brutality against Black communities across the country. Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police. Our policing and criminal legal systems are rooted in anti-Blackness. This shooting has once again reignited nationwide grief, outrage, and anger at the lack of justice, accountability, and change.  Corey struggled with housing instability, substance use, and his mental health—issues that systems in our country criminalize instead of treating. These systems cycle people like Corey in and out of jail instead of providing the care they need. But, Corey was a father and a friend, and he should be alive today. Police are not above the law. Add your name to the petition now to demand the officer who executed Corey be held accountable.

As a part of his mission to cut out government “waste” and cut through bureaucracy, the Trump administration and Republicans  have put the health of the American public in danger.  Since the start of Trump’s second term, the FDA has lost 20% of its staff — including 1 in 5 positions from its human food inspection division, and the CDC has lost 25% of its staff – now with only three scientists tracking food parasites.  In 2025, Trump eliminated the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, which was created in 1988 under president Ronald Reagan to provide scientific advice and coordination to defend against dangerous microbes.  The administration also ended the mandatory tracking of cyclospora and other foodborne illnesses, which the FDA, along with other key agencies, was involved in. Gutting staff at these critical agencies didn’t save money, it risked the health and well-being of millions of people and we need answers now. Sign the petition to demand the Senate HELP Committee investigate the FDA over food recalls!

The new school uniform policy should be reconsidered because it limits students’ ability to express their individuality while still following the school’s dress code. For many students, choosing how to coordinate their uniforms is one of the few ways they can show their personality and creativity. Restricting jackets to only three colors significantly reduces that opportunity for the Class of 2027 and for future classes as well. While school spirit is an important part of the legacy at MCC, the students themselves are what truly create that legacy. Many families have already purchased jackets and other clothing items for the upcoming school year that no longer meet the new policy, creating unexpected financial burdens and unnecessary waste. Keeping the previous policy, which allowed additional appropriate colors, would continue to maintain a professional school environment while giving students more flexibility to express themselves. Allowing reasonable choices encourages school pride and helps students feel confident and excited about coming to school.

“We should invest in our hospitals, schools, affordable housing, and the real security American families need right now – not expensive wars and weapons that make us less safe.” — Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) We couldn’t agree more, which is why we’re urgently rallying support for Sen. Markey’s Slash the Pentagon Act — legislation to CUT Trump’s Pentagon budget request in HALF. While Trump threatens to bomb bridges, power plants, and other civilian infrastructure across Iran, which would amount to war crimes, Defense Secretary Hegseth struggles to defend the war and its mounting human and economic costs. The last thing Congress should be doing is greenlighting more violence by fulfilling their whopping $1.5 TRILLION Pentagon budget demand. The weapons lobby is digging in while Trump and Hegseth ramp up the pressure to pass their $1.5T plus-up. We say: No More. So we need to flood congressional offices with our demand in return: prioritize people over the Pentagon by slashing Trump’s war budget in half.

Anti-trans rhetoric flies in the face of the WNBA’s “No Space for Hate” campaign, one that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert describes as “a unifying force—a place where people from all walks of life come together not just to watch a game, but to connect.”  But by staying silent in the face of blatantly anti-trans comments, the WNBA is failing in its mission to be a place with “No Space for Hate.” Women’s basketball has a rich history of LGBTQ+ players who have shaped the league and helped build it to what it is today. The sport is best when it embraces the diverse skills, backgrounds, and identities of players and fans alike to build a vibrant and celebratory community.  There are so many physical, mental, and social benefits to being a part of a team and being a fan—and trans people belong in our courts and stadiums. It’s clear the issue of trans women and girls competing in women’s sports is being weaponized by extremists to divide and distract us.  According to the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), there are less than 10 transgender athletes playing in collegiate sports, out of 510,000. There are real issues and inequities that face women  and nonbinary athletes—like pay, facility access, medical care, mental health support, sponsorships, and media representation. But extremists want to focus on a non-issue to stoke fear, anger, and division. That’s the opposite of what the WNBA should be fostering. If we really wanted to protect women and girls, we would stop transphobia and allow all women—cisgender and transgender—their right to play sports.  The WNBA has already made their stance clear with their “No Space for Hate” campaign. Now is the time to back up their words with actions. Sign the petition demanding the WNBA publicly support trans players and fans!