Everyone deserves the same freedom, regardless of sexual orientation. This is just another jab at the fight for LGBT rights.

On April 14, 2016 during UW Madison Professor, Dr. Johanna F. Almiron’s Afro-American Studies Class, Black Visual Culture, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department ambushed the classroom, and removed a young black male student from the class. Upon confrontation, the student agreed to leave his seat and subsequently was detained and arrested outside of the classroom and taken to the Dane County Jail, where supporters later posted his bail. The student has been accused of 11 counts of vandalism for putting graffiti on buildings that directly confronts the racism faced by students like him on campus. He was also charged with one count of disorderly conduct. We denounce UWPD’s deplorable actions and ask for immediate accountability from campus administration, particularly Chancellor Rebecca Blank. We also ask that regardless of the outcome of the charges against him that the student be given immunity from expulsion for his actions and be allowed to graduate on time this May. "The university is more interested in protecting the symbols of UW as a progressive institution like their buildings and Bucky rather than the students who are actually fighting for social change, and apparently their lives," said Dr. Almiron. "The way UWPD officers entered my class was very aggressive with bullet proof vests and guns visible. I cannot believe they humiliated and terrified my students. The fact that our classrooms are not respected as spaces of learning is absolutely appalling." "Perhaps because the class deals with ethnic studies content and social justice issues, UWPD did not consider Dr. Almiron’s classroom worthy of its respect," said Dr. Karma Chávez, associate professor of Communication Arts. "UWPD did not recognize Dr. Almiron’s authority in the classroom, nor did they even acknowledge her as the professor when she tried to intervene. This is The Real UW." UWPD’s actions happen in the midst of an unprecedented number of reported racist incidents on campus, and as students of color have been sharing their stories of racism at UW on numerous media outlets via the hashtag, #therealUW. According to reports, UWPD tried numerous times to make contact with the student for his alleged violations. UWPD reports that arresting the student in his class was a last resort. We find this rationale unacceptable. Even the rash of violent crimes on campus such as rape and sexual assault have not warranted this kind of response. This charge was for vandalism. To arrest him in his Afro-American studies classroom, in front of his professor and his classmates goes well beyond the call of duty. We can only wonder if the content of the graffiti under question, which challenges police violence and racism on campus, serves as a rationale for UWPD’s use of such a public display of force. We refuse to be silent in the face of this incident that we understand as related to the many individual and structural racist incidents that have recently happened on UW Madison’s campus. "Racism is in the air, don’t breathe." "White Supremacy is a disease."

It's the right thing to do.

People who live in Los Angeles understand that there is zero tolerance for discrimination in our community. We also need to stand up for our brothers and sisters in other communities who are subject to discrimination. Sports teams and athletes have a huge voice in our society and we respectfully ask that they help to end discrimination in every way they can.

I believe all people should have equality in this country; countless lives have been lost and we have all worked too hard to protect our citizens to allow such discrimination.

In early April, Paypal decided not to move into Mississippi because of their new bill. New York has been stoping business with them. If this keeps up then more and more companies will follow and lose interest in dealing business with North Carolina. MLK fought for equality for everyone, but in today world we have anything that. We need to stand together and fight this bill, to the Supreme Court if needed. As Americans, it is our duty to stand up for what is right, and this is far from right. When women fought for the right to vote, many (conservatives) people did not think that women should have same rights as men, but never the less they fought and won. When MLK wanted equality for African Americans he fought, and won. All America has known is fighting; fighting for freedom, fighting for equality, fighting to save others from a worldwide treat. We have fought for so many years now, but now we need to fight again. I know the world's not perfect and will always have some problems but we become part of that problem when we do nothing to fix it. I ask you, America, please, don't become part of this problem. Help change this nation for the better and sign to remove House Bill H2.

More than 400 pro-democracy protesters staging a sit-in against the influence of big money in politics and congressional inaction to reverse it, as well as against the erosion of federal protection of voting rights, were arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol April 11, the first day of a week-long series of demonstrations. [1] Pro-democracy protesters are highlighting support for five pro-democracy bills: the Government by the People Act [2], the Fair Elections Now Act [3], the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 [4], the Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 [5], and the Democracy for All Amendment [6]. Urge Congress to support the #DemocracySpring pro-democracy bills by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/11/politics/democracy-spring-arrests-protests-washington/; http://www.nbcnews.com/video/-democracy-spring-stages-capitol-hill-protest-663564355890; http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/11/473874785/hundreds-protest-gerrymandering-campaign-finance-laws-on-capitols-steps; http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/11/us/politics/ap-us-capitol-protests.html 2. http://www.demos.org/publication/government-people-act 3. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1538/summary 4. http://vrafortoday.org/current-legislation/ 5. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr12/summary 6. http://freespeechforpeople.org/the-amendment/democracy-for-all-amendment/

I am starting this petition to warn Justin Bieber about how Rep. Walker is using Bieber's coming presence to try to cloak the North Carolina anti-Trans law in a semblance of legitimacy.

Stand with OBXPridefest against the discrimination of LGBT North Carolinians and visitors. We ask Governor McCrory and the NC General Assembly to immediately repeal HB2.

Wisconsin was a landslide victory for Bernie Sanders and our superdelegates need to listen to their constituents.

Update 4/12/16: Last night the Maryland legislature passed the Freedom to Vote Act, and it goes on to the Governor to sign. Note that this is only a partial victory: the legislation was watered down a lot so it no longer includes automatic voter registration. It does, however, make it easier to register to vote in Maryland for college students and others accessing state services- so this is a partial victory. The legislature has adjourned for 2016, so we can try again next year for full automatic voter registration. - The Maryland Senate is considering a new bill (HB1007), the Freedom to Vote Act. It has passed the House and may come up for a floor vote in the Senate today (Monday) before they adjourn for the year. This bill would automatically register Maryland citizens to vote when they get or update a driver's license. It would also require Maryland’s public colleges and universities to allow students to register to vote through the online portals they use to sign up for classes. Automatic voter registration has been a success in Oregon and was recently passed in California. It's time for Maryland to make it easier, not harder for eligible citizens to register to vote. References: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/it-could-get-much-easier-to-register-to-vote-in-maryland/2016/03/03/46351bf4-e14c-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/automatic-voter-registration-oregon-huge-success

I encourage everyone to pee on the South.