Father of the Pride was an amazing show and has been gone for too long, and it must make a comeback!

The election of Donald Trump has in part been seen as a failure of the news media. There has never been a more critical time for Americans to learn the truth about his blatant conflicts of interest, his dangerous foreign policy, his willful ignorance about government, and the truth about his campaign's role in the Russian hacking of our election. I cannot fulfill my role as an informed citizen participating in making our government serve the people rather than the rich and the corporations without being informed about domestic and foreign policy. MSNBC is my primary source of being so informed.

I believe that a news publication that has previously not given advertising on their app should not allow lobbyist groups to advertise on their app.

Why is Twitter amplifying the tweets of hate groups? Twitter’s promoted tweets and trends have recently featured harmful content by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a designated hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Profiting from hate and hate groups is unacceptable. FAIR isn’t just any hate group. It’s one of the worst of many bad ones founded by the white supremacist John Tanton. And through groups like FAIR, anti-immigrant white supremacists legitimize violence against our communities. FAIR is also one of the primary architects and cheerleaders of policies that have torn millions of immigrants away from their families and communities through deportation, imprisonment, and even death. In fact, Donald Trump has hired their former Executive Director, Julie Kirchner, to be an advisor to Customs and Border Protection. Sign and share this petition to tell Twitter to do the right thing. References: 1) https://rewire.news/article/2017/01/19/twitter-allows-hate-group-promote-anti-immigrant-agenda-day-inauguration/ 2) https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170425

Chicago Tribune's billionaire owners refuse to remove a crime victim's gruesome assault photo from its website nearly a decade after the incident. Today the graphic image is fixed at the top of page one when John's name is searched online, causing him harm every single day. The bloody photo, categorized by Google as "explicit," is the first thing any potential employer or colleague sees when John's name is Googled! This highly graphic photo is hurting John's professional life enormously, causing our entire family much distress. As of today, 107 other highly notable publications immediately took down assault photos and content upon request. Chicago Tribune is the ONLY publication that refuses to allow this victim the opportunity to heal, instead inflicting professional and emotional damage on John years after the tragedy. When several of John's family, friends, and even US Senators requested photo removal as an act of empathy for a crime victim, Tribune editors turned around and blamed the victim for the very image they had the power to remove. Tribune’s persistent refusal is a clear act of victim blaming and a flagrant disregard for a crime victim’s privacy and dignity. Crime victim experts agree that “secondary victimization” in the wake of a crime can result in exacerbating victim trauma and cause unnecessary additional harm. We would appreciate it so much if you could sign the following petition and share it widely. Tell Chicago Tribune CEO Justin Dearborn that he MUST stop harming a crime victim!

Student loan debt is going past 1.5 trillion dollars and when this bubble bursts it will affect our entire economy. Time to fix this and allow the students to pay, tax payers don't. I've paid 75k on my 108k loan and I owe 213k and its growing. This is predatory and the government should not be creating indentured servitude on the backs of student and their families.

The California DISCLOSE Act, AB 14, will fight secret money in politics by making it illegal for political ads to mislead voters about who's paying for them. It requires ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups to clearly and prominently disclose their top 3 true funders — on the ads themselves. AB 14 is facing a do-or-die vote in the Assembly Elections Committee, and your Assemblymember, Matthew Harper, is a crucial vote. Sign the petition now to ask him to vote "yes" and to do all he can to pass AB 14.

The California DISCLOSE Act, AB 14, will fight secret money in politics by making it illegal for political ads to mislead voters about who's paying for them. It requires ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups to clearly and prominently disclose their top 3 true funders — on the ads themselves. AB 14 is facing a do-or-die vote in the Assembly Elections Committee, and your Assemblymember, Jordan Cunningham, is a crucial vote. Sign the petition now to ask him to vote "yes" and to do all he can to pass AB 14.

The California DISCLOSE Act, AB 14, will fight secret money in politics by making it illegal for political ads to mislead voters about who's paying for them. It requires ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups to clearly and prominently disclose their top 3 true funders — on the ads themselves. AB 14 is facing a do-or-die vote in the Assembly Elections Committee, and your Assemblymember, Ian Calderon, is a crucial vote. Sign the petition now to ask him to vote "yes" and to do all he can to pass AB 14.

The California DISCLOSE Act, AB 14, will fight secret money in politics by making it illegal for political ads to mislead voters about who's paying for them. It requires ballot measure ads and ads about candidates by outside groups to clearly and prominently disclose their top 3 true funders — on the ads themselves. AB 14 is facing a do-or-die vote in the Assembly Elections Committee, and your Assemblymember, Shirley Weber, is a crucial vote. Sign the petition now to ask her to vote "yes" and to do all she can to pass AB 14.

I am tired of waking up wondering who Donald Trump is going to threaten next. I am tired of wondering when he is going to spark a worldwide nuclear conflagration which would reduce all humans to cockroach food. We can all be cremated equally. https://grabyourwallet.org/ has a list of companies that support Trump industries that you can boycott. You can also pledge to vote against any politician who supports Trump.

Our family is a Disney family. We love the parks, the cruises and the Vacation Club. Part of the appeal for us, as many, is how Disney works to better America, through philanthropy and preserving America for the future through Disney's conservation efforts. Disney’s stance on environmental impact is a “Commitment to The Planet”, supporting efforts to reduce emissions, divert waste, and conserve water. (1) In addition to its focus on environmental impact, “The Disney Conservation Fund, founded in 1995, is a key pillar in Disney’s efforts to protect the planet and help kids develop lifelong conservation values. The fund supports the study of wildlife; the protection of habitats; the development of community conservation and education programs in critical ecosystems; and experiences that connect kids to nature across the globe.” (1) The 2016 Disney Data Citizenship Table opened its report with a message from Christine M. McCarthy, the company’s CFO, stating, “At the Walt Disney Company, we believe that conducting our business responsibly, creating our products in an ethical manner, reducing our environmental footprint, promoting the well-being of kids and families, and inspiring others to protect our planet are essential components of what makes Disney a great company.”(2) It is because of Disney’s significant conservation focus that we are petitioning Disney to immediately terminate business with Chase as the bank supporting Disney’s Visa card. Chase’s lack of interest in conservation and the environment couldn’t be more starkly contradictory to Disney’s. They are one of the banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). (3) Pipelines such as DAPL interrupt habitat, reinforce oil production which negatively impacts climate change, and threatens water. Contamination of ground water by crude oil is a well known problem. (4) If Disney is truly conservation conscious, it is essential to loyal customers such as myself that they move to a conservation friendly—and not an environmentally destructive—bank. To maintain Chase as the funding bank for the Disney Visa card is entirely inconsistent with Disney’s efforts. Further, DAPL is an assault on the Native American population of the region. Disney is a company that promotes diversity, kindness and respect for all through its TV and radio programming as well its other theatrical outlets. It is again entirely contradictory to the company’s messaging that Disney would do business with Chase, thus supporting efforts that are taking advantage of the Native population for the benefit of the oil industry and to spare more empowered populations from having the deal with the very real potential environmental consequences of DAPL. We have a Disney Chase Visa and we use it for everything. We wish to continue to use Disney Visa as our primary credit card but cannot allow our money to finance environmentally destructive initiatives that violate the rights and concerns of our Native American population. We implore you, Mr. Iger and Ms. McCarthy, to move from Chase to a bank that does NOT fund pipelines and desecrate Native American lands so that we can remain loyal and happy Disney customers. Disney cannot be genuine in its promoted claims of being conservation focused and supportive of diversity and respect for all if they continue to have business partnerships with companies that promote the exact opposite through their actions and business dealings. Change this by moving the Disney Visa card to an environmentally friendly bank, many of which are listed here: https://www.greenamerica.org/take-charge-of-your-card/get-a-credit-card-that-benefits-people-and-the-planet.cfm. In conclusion, customers are watching what their money is funding, and we will not allow our money to continue funding DAPL. We hope Disney will move away from Chase so that we do not need to move away from Disney. #DefundDAPL! References: 1. The Walt Disney Company, The Disney Conservation Fund. Accessed at https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/environment/ on April 14, 2017. 2. The Walt Disney Company. 2016 Disney Data Citizenship Table. Accessed at https://ditm-twdc-us.storage.googleapis.com/TWDC-FY16-Data-Table-Final.pdf on April 14, 2017. 3. Defund DAPL. Accessed at http://www.defunddapl.org/defund on April 14, 2017. 4. Delin GN, Herkelrath WN. Groundwater Contamination by Crude Oil. United States Geological Survey. Accessed at https://mn.water.usgs.gov/projects/bemidji/results/intro-final.pdf on April 14, 2017