these Private corporations are basically putting people in debtors prison and using law enforcement too collect fees from people with simple speeding type tickets..one lady had a 170 dollar fine and they added 3000 grand too it and then sent her two jail for not being able to pay.the supreme court has already ruled the debtors prison is unconstitutional but yet these correction services corporations are bringing this stuff back and holding people hostage ..if they can't pay their so called fees..we need to stop these corporations from taking over our justice system..we need to get congress too pass a law so they can't put you on probation and send you to jail for a 100 dollar fine...we need to bring this to the fore front

I worked at ARC Of Rockland NY for a brief time.I witnessed blatant psychological and verbal abuse by my direct supervisor to the people we swore to serve. In turn , pretty much everyone went along with it or ignored it. I was an outraged employee, and now I am an outraged citizen.

I worked at ARC Of Rockland NY for a brief time.I witnessed blatant psychological and verbal abuse by my direct supervisor to the people we swore to serve. In turn , pretty much everyone went along with it or ignored it. I was an outraged employee, and now I am an outraged citizen.

Although Al Queda may always be a threat, that threat has clearly been reduced. With their leadership decimated, and a reduction of troop presence in Afghanistan set to begin in 2014, the security situation is clearly improving. We feel it is time to begin returning America's security status to pre 9/11 levels, beginning with the repeal of the invasive Patriot Act. We ask President Obama to make this a significant campaign promise for his second term.

If we are all American then when you fill out an application for anything you have to discuss your race or nationality.

Lizz and Katie joined their lives together on June 2, 2012. They were contacted by the Marian High School alumni newsletter about printing an announcement in the upcomming issue. It was all set go when the archdiocese blocked it. These are my best friends and I am asking you to contact the archdiocese and encourage them to allow Marian to print the announcement.

The socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in America are often the communities most in need of being heard. In Chicago, for example, there are communities where only 55% of the population can vote because so many individuals have been to jail. No American citizen should be permanently stripped of their voting rights.

When a state or town decides to legalize marijuana at any level, the federal government and Drug Enforcement Agency should deprioritize prosecution of federal marijuana offenses in that locale.

The Patriot Act is taking a way our constitutional rights, this independence day I did not feel independent with acts such as this that are there to strip of us our rights! I am angered that the Patriot still exists and although I have not been personally affected yet others have!

Support for ObamaCare as a Civil Rights issue!

It's happening all over the country. The City Commission regularly refuses to include public testimony in the record of public hearings and refuses to consider public testimony in the findings of a decision on an ordinance. The City Commissioners also take action without legal authority to retaliate against those of the public who exercise our First Amendment rights. This stand against our First Amendment rights to be heard is a terrible attack upon the Constitutions that City Commissioners have sworn to uphold.

I strongly believe that state elections should ONLY allow contributions from individuals,groups or companies residing in that state. What happened in CA with Prop 8-the Anti Gay Marriage Prop, is a perfect example of how outside money can and did influence the election. Another example, the cigarette tax that was just defeated in CA. The money spent by tobacco companies to defeat prop 29 was completely obscene and successful. This is happening more and more in every state. Non resident contributions should not be allowed.