Our parks are critical in the fight against the ongoing climate crisis. Without the necessary funding to maintain and expand public lands, we jeopardize our ability to fight the climate crisis through economic stewardship and to protect our natural resources for future generations.     National parks and forests are home to countless species of plants and animals, many of which are endangered. Insufficient funding leaves them vulnerable to invasive species, habitat destruction, and climate change impacts. The park rangers that protect these parks are essential not only for maintaining park landscapes but also for ensuring public safety and education. Without proper staffing,  fewer rangers are available to educate visitors about conservation and safety, and there are fewer resources to protect our lands from damage and misuse.    These are funding cuts that will impact communities across the country. National parks and forests are an important part of the local economy, supporting tourism, jobs, and small businesses. Substantial cuts to these programs will harm communities that depend on parks for income and tourism. National parks are also one of the few spaces left that are usually free or inexpensive and open to the public.    We must reverse course: Our parks and forests, and all the rangers who keep them safe and taken care of, need us now more than ever. Sign the petition to demand that Congress push back against these cuts and ensure that park rangers have the resources they need to protect our natural heritage and fight climate change. 

Help make our voices heard by joining together to amplify our collective message to West Norriton Township elected officials to reject the proposed re-zoning and Protect Betzwood’s Green Space!

The Stonewall Inn is where queer people fought back against police harassment in 1969, sparking the modern LGBTQ+ movement. At the forefront of the fight were trans activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two brave trans women of color who became a symbol of resilience for the entire community. The trans and drag community have always been part of the LGBTQ+ community. For the federal government to try to erase trans people is nonsensical and unacceptable. We won’t let history be rewritten to deny the true legacy of Stonewall. Sign the petition now telling the National Park Service to STOP erasing queer history and reverse these changes on Stonewall’s website! 

The U.S. Postal Service is again under attack by Donald Trump and the world's biggest business con, Elon Musk. Together, they are throwing trillions of dollars of e-commerce transactions and one of America's most trusted institutions into turmoil.  For years, Donald Trump has wanted to bankrupt the Postal Service and allow private equity firms and global corporations to privatize the service, dismantle the agency, and profit further off of the American people. The United States Postal Service is our government's oldest and most reliable entity. But for years, conservatives have tried to push mail service toward privatization by setting highly prescriptive loan terms or forcing it into bankruptcy. Now, Donald Trump is at it again. Please join us and show Donald Trump how much America loves our Post Office. Sign the petition now!

Being presented under the guise of "election integrity" and anti-immigrant in nature, the SAVE Act would require everyone to provide proof of citizenship when registering or re-registering to vote by presenting a passport or birth certificate.  Nearly 21 million U.S. citizens of voting age do not have proof of citizenship readily available, only about half of American adults have a passport, and millions lack access to a paper copy of their birth certificate. Make no mistake: This is a bill intending to suppress our freedom to vote. The impact of this legislation would be felt broadly but would impose hurdles for low-income voters, the millions of people who have ever changed their last name, young people, rural communities, people living on tribal lands, and unhoused people, disproportionately impacting people of color.   In the last Congress, Democrats proposed legislation like the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act to ease the burden of voting and make it more accessible and safe. Now, Republicans are doing the exact opposite. We must BLOCK this blatant attempt to strip away our freedom to vote.  Those in power should be working to make voting easier—not putting more confusing systems in place. Sign the petition now to demand that Congress reject the SAVE Act!

This wave of book bans is part of a widespread attempt by Donald Trump and his administration to censor free speech, silence diverse storytellers, and literally rewrite history.  Book challenges and bans have been on the rise, and they will only accelerate under the Trump administration. Last year PEN America reported that more than 10,000 books were banned in public schools—disproporationately from Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and AAPI authors, as well as books on LGBTQ+ topics, equity, and history.  And while the recent wave of book bans are being driven by MAGA Republicans and extreme groups like Moms for Liberty in communities, cities and states across the country, our federal government banning books takes it to another level.  When the government dictates what Americans can and can't read, democracy is at risk and we should all be concerned. Add your name to fight back NOW!

Due to the increased number of school shootings all over our country children feel unsafe to seek further education ,as well as parents fearing for their children ranging from kindergartens to high schoolers. This domestic threat on my fellow classmates and I ,as well as so many children who attend schools everywhere violates the constitutional right to liberty and pursuit of happiness.  The right to education and safety are now teetering as nothing is done. Many children in the United States attending school have self harmed or attacked their schools because nothing was done to protect them from bullying and social outcasting, many students have harmed others for their right to exist, which can be linked to mistreatment at home, upbringing and lack of care from school officials.  It is important the elephant in the room must be addressed to insure a bright future for all students like me. 

Details are still emerging, but Trump and his allies are quickly working to revive Guantánamo’s shameful legacy with an unprecedented effort to imprison tens of thousands of people on the island. The New York Times reports that migrants are already being housed in the same prison that once held individuals accused of being members of Al Qaeda. The very idea that facilities synonymous with torture could be used to detain people fleeing incredible violence and political instability is abhorrent. The potential for trauma, corruption, and human rights violations is sky-high. This plan is more than cruel and likely illegal. It will also be extraordinarily expensive. Maintaining Guantánamo already costs hundreds of millions of dollars per year, and expanding it to imprison immigrants could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions more. Every lawmaker who claims to care about “fiscal responsibility” or “American values” should be outraged — that’s why, with your help, we’ll make enough noise to turn outrage into action. Right now, as Congress puts the final touches on a bill to keep the government open past March 14, we have a critical and urgent opportunity to push them to deny ANY money to pay for immigration detention at Guantánamo Bay. 

Immigrant students are an essential part of our UH community, yet many face unnecessary barriers due to restrictive policies and lack of institutional support. By joining our campaign, you can help push UH to take action—ensuring immigrant students have the resources, protections, and advocacy they deserve. Together, we can make UH a truly inclusive and supportive environment for all.

“This act is designed to depress the vote. And it would instantly disenfranchise 69 million married women who changed their last name. Their married names don’t match their birth certificate, so they would be unregistered until they took actions to prove their citizenship. Some challenges: tens of millions of American citizens don’t have access to the needed documents. What if, for example, you’re one of the 140 million Americans without a passport? Or if you lost your documents in an accident, and the government becomes very slow about providing you with your birth certificate or passport? The SAVE Act would either prevent you from voting or make it extremely difficult. That’s not all. The bill would also force states to conduct regular voter purges, which almost always result in legitimate citizens losing their right to vote. It would punish election workers with up to five years imprisonment for registering someone to vote without the right documents — even if they’re actually a citizen. Because you’d have to prove your citizenship in person with original documents, there would be no registration by mail or online. Switched party? Moved houses? Got married? Better get all your documentation in order and wait in line at a voter registration office, no matter how far that is, or no voting rights for you!” - Jessica Yellin News Not Noise

Right now, Republicans are threatening health care coverage for millions of Americans so that they can give more big tax breaks to billionaires, wealthy CEOs, and the biggest companies.  Millions of Americans count on Medicaid for health care, but the Medicaid cuts currently being debated in Washington, DC, would cut healthcare coverage for countless Rural Americans, low-income seniors, children, veterans, and people with serious disabilities. The proposed Republican cut to Medicaid would force rural hospitals and clinics to close, put the care of over 8 million seniors at risk, jeopardize health care for new mothers, and take away health care from children. Almost half of all children in America have Medicaid, helping over 30 million children get the health care they need.

Trump is giving Elon Musk the power to steal benefits that people earned. He's using the standard MAGA Republican playbook: Make an issue out of a non-issue, cause chaos, and then get rid of it and claim the win.  In this case,  he makes up stories about "abuse and waste" and then steals your benefits to claim that he is simply cutting waste. Just last week, Musk talked to reporters in the Oval Office to try to convince the public that the Social Security system is full of fraud, especially when he said, “just cursory examination of Social Security and we’ve got people in there that are 150 years old.” Now we're just making things up.  Social Security benefits are given to workers who have put in decades of their lives into their work and those people have earned the right to access the promise of Social Security afforded to all citizens during their elder years.  The only reason that Elon Musk has access to the Treasury’s payments system is because Donald Trump has given him the ability to do whatever he wants. Thus, Elon had access to the Social Security numbers of every federal worker and Social Security beneficiary. He also had access to our bank account numbers, and other sensitive, private information. Enough is enough.