$21.9 billion. That was Wells Fargo’s profit in 2013. It’s their highest earnings ever. [1] And it’s being made off the backs of foreclosure victims and underwater homeowners like me. My name is Yolanda Andrews and Wells Fargo bankers are trying to steal my home. On April 29th I went to San Antonio, Texas, armed with 6,000 signatures from Home Defenders like you to directly confront Wells CEO John Stumpf and ask him to work with me to keep me in my home. Then last week, on May 5th, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder uttered words I’ve been waiting for him to say since Wall Street bankers destroyed our economy, foreclosed on 5 million families and have kept 20% of homeowners underwater: “No bank is too big to jail.” [2] [3] Losing your home hurts the same whether you are African American, Latino, Asian or white. But Wells Fargo has been investigated and paid multi-million dollar settlements for racial discrimination in lending and how it deals with foreclosed homes. Here’s why Wells Fargo and its CEO John Stumpf should be the poster children for proving there is no such thing as “Too Big to Jail”. Just two years ago, it settled lawsuits by Memphis, TN, and Baltimore, MD for a combined total of $607 million. [4] In 2013, the New York Attorney General sued Wells Fargo systematically violating key servicing standards national $25 billion foreclosure settlement regarding loan modification practices. [5] Also in 2013, Wells Fargo settled a fair housing complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for $39 million because it “maintained and marketed foreclosed properties in White areas are much better… than such properties … in African-American and Latino Neighborhoods.” [6] Two months ago, news reports show that in 2011 and 2012 Wells Fargo published an internal manual that shows how to forge proof of ownership documents in foreclosure files. [7] And just last month, a report from the University of Minnesota shows that Wells Fargo systematically denied credit and refinancing of subprime mortgages to communities of color in the Twin Cities. [8] I’ve been fighting for an affordable loan modification from Wells Fargo for 5 years now – Wells Fargo’s last offer was for a $49 reduction. I’ve been on the receiving end of every kind of abuse Wells Fargo has admitted to and pledged to stop. Stand with me and demand Eric Holder live up to his own words and start prosecuting Wells Fargo. [1] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/wells-fargo-4th-quarter-profit-rose-10-slightly-ahead-of-estimates/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 [2] http://diversity.berkeley.edu/underwater-america-report [3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/no-company-is-too-big-to-jail-holder-says-of-justice-dept-probes/2014/05/05/e133e49c-d45f-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html [4] http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/30/news/companies/wells-fargo-memphis/ and http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-07-12/news/bs-md-ci-wells-fargo-20120712_1_mike-heid-wells-fargo-home-mortgage-subprime-mortgages [5] http://www.ag.ny.gov/pdfs/NMS%20MOL.pdf [6] http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/Portals/33/News%20Release%20for%20NFHA%20Wells%20Fargo%20Complaint%20120410%20Pdf.pdf [7] http://nypost.com/2014/03/12/wells-fargo-made-up-on-demand-foreclosure-papers-plan-court-filing-charges/ [8] http://www.law.umn.edu/metro/index.html

$21.9 billion. That’s Wells Fargo’s profit for 2013. It’s their most ever. [1] And it’s coming off the backs of foreclosure victims and underwater homeowners like me. My name is Yolanda Andrews, and Wells Fargo bankers are trying to steal my home. That’s why I went to San Antonio, Texas on April 29th to directly confront Wells CEO John Stumpf and ask him to work with me to keep me in my home. I brought with me 6,000 signatures of people like you telling him to do the right thing. Then last week, on May 5th, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder uttered words I’ve been waiting for him to say since Wall Street bankers destroyed our economy, foreclosed on 5 million families and kept 20% of homeowners underwater: “No bank is too big to jail.” [2] [3] Losing your home hurts the same whether you are African American, Latino, Asian or white. But Wells Fargo has been investigated and paid multi-million dollar settlements for racial discrimination in lending and how it deals with foreclosed homes. Here’s why Wells Fargo and its CEO John Stumpf should be the poster children for proving there is no such thing as “Too Big to Jail”: Just two years ago it settled lawsuits by Memphis, TN and Baltimore, MD for a combined total of $607 million. [4] In 2013, the New York Attorney General sued Wells Fargo for systematically violating key servicing standards national $25 billion foreclosure settlement regarding loan modification practices. [5] Also in 2013, Wells Fargo settled a fair housing complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for $39 million because it “maintained and marketed foreclosed properties in White areas are much better… than such properties … in African-American and Latino Neighborhoods.” [6] Two months ago, news reports show that in 2011 and 2012 Wells Fargo published an internal manual showing how to forge proof of ownership documents in foreclosure files. [7] And just last month, a report from the University of Minnesota shows that Wells Fargo systematically denied credit and refinancing of sub-prime mortgages to communities of color in the Twin Cities. [8] I’ve been fighting for an affordable loan modification from Wells Fargo for 5 years now – Wells Fargo’s last offer was for a $49 reduction – and it has impacted my health to the point where I can no longer get steady work. Earlier this year, they filed for foreclosure on my house. I’ve been on the receiving end of every kind of abuse Wells Fargo has admitted to and pledged to stop. We need to ensure that they live up to their word. Stand with me and demand Eric Holder live up to his own words and start prosecuting Wells Fargo. [1] http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/wells-fargo-4th-quarter-profit-rose-10-slightly-ahead-of-estimates/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 [2] http://diversity.berkeley.edu/underwater-america-report [3] http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/no-company-is-too-big-to-jail-holder-says-of-justice-dept-probes/2014/05/05/e133e49c-d45f-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html [4] http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/30/news/companies/wells-fargo-memphis/ and http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-07-12/news/bs-md-ci-wells-fargo-20120712_1_mike-heid-wells-fargo-home-mortgage-subprime-mortgages [5] http://www.ag.ny.gov/pdfs/NMS%20MOL.pdf [6] http://www.nationalfairhousing.org/Portals/33/News%20Release%20for%20NFHA%20Wells%20Fargo%20Complaint%20120410%20Pdf.pdf [7] http://nypost.com/2014/03/12/wells-fargo-made-up-on-demand-foreclosure-papers-plan-court-filing-charges/ [8] http://www.law.umn.edu/metro/index.html

The medical field is making and keeping the nation sick. The public needs to be informed about what's behind all this sickness.

Fat shaming is harmful and only serves to stigmatize and humiliate, yet it continues on national TV with no remorse or accountability. For over 4 years Charles Barkley on TNT's Inside the NBA attacks the women of San Antonio, simply because we let him. He tells us to turn off the show if we don't think he's funny, but we need to do more. Barkley's bashing rants should be stopped.

We are Yves Louis, Denise Vines & Cheryl Skakel, and we are all homeowners in Irvington. Because of the economic crash and the housing bubble created by Wall Street, we are fighting to save our homes from foreclosure and keep a roof over our families’ heads –but the NJ Association of Realtors is threatening to undermine our effort. In fact, the NJ Realtors Association just issued a mailer to residents of Irvington in an attempt to intimidate us with misinformation and lies about Irvington’s efforts to fight the foreclosure crisis. The truth is that Irvington’s plan will help 199 homeowners stuck with toxic mortgages that are locked in Private Label Securities (or PLS loans). With the consent of the homeowners, Irvington will condemn these 199 mortgages (not the homes), taking them from the banks by paying fair market value for them. The mortgages will then go back to the homeowner with a principal reduction and a fixed, low interest rate that will keep families in their homes. There will be no cost to already cash-strapped taxpayers. The plan will include provisions that the investors must pay fair market value for the toxic mortgages and cover all legal costs that are incurred. In their mailer to Irvington residents the NJ Association of Realtors threatened that mortgage companies – and their Wall Street backers - will not do business in Irvington if the township adopts this plan. That’s illegal! The truth is that the banks are the ones foreclosing on Irvington homeowners and devastating our communities, preventing the economic recovery we desperately need. The Mayor and Town Council want to keep families in their homes – and this program will do just that! Stopping foreclosures raises property values for all Irvington residents and will help turn the tide against the blight created by foreclosed, abandon and vacant homes. Residents of Irvington know firsthand just how badly the foreclosure crisis has hit our township. A simple walk down Ellis Avenue is all the evidence anyone needs to see what predatory and abusive lending by the banks have done to our town. Boarded up, vacant and abandon homes litter this once beautiful block. And we wish we could say Irvington is experiencing the worst of the crisis, but we haven’t. In fact, if Irvington doesn’t take action now, the blight created by foreclosures will only get worse. But the NJ Association of Realtors thinks we should sit idly by while our township continues into a downward spiral – but we believe in Irvington and we’re ready to fight! We are proud that the Mayor and Town Council in Irvington are standing up to Wall Street, the Big Banks and the NJ Association of Realtors – and we are going to stand with them in this fight! Join us! In Solidarity Yves Louis, Denise Vines & Cheryl Skakel Irvington Residents & Members of NJ Communities United

CPCs are predatory groups that tell women getting an abortion will give them cancer or make them suicidal, and even pushing them not to use birth control — and by taking their money, Yahoo is putting profits above these women's lives.

The FDA has proposed a ban on trans fat. While this is great for our kids health we have to make sure companies like Heinz don’t replace trans fat with more Conflict Palm Oil. H.J. Heinz Company, one of the biggest companies in Pittsburg, PA, is also one of the biggest buyers of palm oil in the world. Much of that palm oil drives mass deforestation in Indonesia. Heinz could easily help protect people and rainforests if it adopted a policy to buy responsible palm oil instead of Conflict Palm Oil. The damage caused by Conflict Palm Oil is tremendous. Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations threatens unique and priceless ecosystems. It threatens species like the Sumatran tiger and orangutans. The impact on communities who are forced off their land or pushed into forced and child labor is simply unacceptable. The destruction of forests is also releasing carbon into the atmosphere and driving climate change. Other companies are already dropping Conflict Palm Oil from their products. It’s time Heinz did the same. Would you help us put some pressure on Heinz by signing this petition? We’ll make sure it’s a message they can’t ignore.

If we care about our kids' future, we can no longer buy products that harm our planet. The Campbell Soup Company, one of the biggest companies in Camden, NJ, is also one of the biggest buyers of palm oil in the world. Much of that palm oil drives mass deforestation in Indonesia. Campbell could easily help protect people and rainforests if it adopted a policy to buy responsible palm oil instead of Conflict Palm Oil. The damage caused by Conflict Palm Oil is tremendous. Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations threatens unique and priceless ecosystems. It threatens species like the Sumatran tiger and orangutans. The impact on communities who are forced off their land or pushed into forced and child labor is simply unacceptable. The destruction of forests is also releasing carbon into the atmosphere and driving climate change. Other companies are already dropping Conflict Palm Oil from their products. It’s time Campbell did the same. Would you help us put some pressure on Campbell by signing this petition? We’ll make sure it’s a message they can’t ignore.

If we care about our kids' future, we can no longer buy products that harm our planet. That’s why I’m ashamed to say that my neighbor Kraft Foods, one of the biggest companies in the Chicago area, uses Conflict Palm Oil in its products. Much of that palm oil drives mass deforestation in Indonesia. Kraft could easily help protect people and rainforests if it adopted a policy to buy responsible palm oil instead of Conflict Palm Oil. The damage caused by Conflict Palm Oil is tremendous. Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations threatens unique and priceless ecosystems. It threatens species like the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhino, and orangutans. The impact on communities who are forced off their land or pushed into forced and child labor is simply unacceptable. The destruction of forests is also releasing carbon into the atmosphere and driving climate change. Other companies are already dropping Conflict Palm Oil from their products. It’s time Kraft did the same. Would you help me put some local pressure on Kraft by signing this petition? As a neighbor, I’ll make sure it’s a message they can’t ignore.

Without Net Neutrality, the very startups that make the Internet a force of innovation will be throttled – unable to compete with incumbent businesses that can pay to provide their access faster than any startup could.

In this fast paced world, it is hard for even the healthiest of consumers to completely avoid fast food. It would be fantastic if there were some genuinely healthy options available at fast food restaurants. I believe it would also expand the market of customers for McDonalds, so it would be a win-win!

My name is Mateo Mares. Until early January of this year, my coworker Amilcar Cardona and I hauled Skechers shoes from the Port of Los Angeles to their national distribution center 80 miles/130 KM away. We were fired for trying to improve our working conditions and for standing up for our rights. Our job is like a sweatshop-on-wheels. We work long hours, face safety hazards, endure harassment, and have our wages stolen from us. Drivers like us are standing up for our rights by filing legal claims with the government for wage theft, wage violations, retaliation for union and protected concerted activities, and illegal harassment. We were fired by our Skechers' trucking contractor, Green Fleet Systems, after we exercised our rights to engage in union activities at our workplace and after we refused to withdraw our claims for wage theft when we were pressured to do so by our boss. Now our families are struggling to survive. We worked hard for many years hauling Skechers shoes and other foreign-made products from the docks to warehouses, but now we don't have any work and don't have any money to buy food or pay rent – much less help our kids get through college to make a better life for themselves. Our struggle is like the men and women who manufacture Skechers shoes in places like China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Like workers in Skechers' overseas factory, we are mistreated, deal with safety hazards, and don't get paid what we deserve. When we learned that Skechers has a record for bad treatment of its workers overseas, we realized that Skechers is spreading sweatshop conditions to America. Our children and wives are frightened about our future. It's time for Skechers to do the right thing, get us back to work, and end the sweatshop-on-wheels conditions for workers like us. Add your name and tell Skechers to end the spread of sweatshops in America. Skechers has the power to demand that its trucking contractor stop violating workers’ rights and U.S. labor laws. By signing, you are making a real difference in the lives of workers like me.