In the wake of a massive data breach of Experian computers affecting 15 million T-Mobile customers and applicants, we urge both companies to: Set a precedent and be the first companies to pay for security freezes on all victims’ credit reports after a data breach. Credit monitoring can only help detect new fraudulent credit accounts after they have been opened or applied for. But security freezes (also called credit freezes) block thieves from opening new accounts in the first place.

The Benghazi Committee has been a political dog-and-pony show for its entire 17-month history. It has been clear even to casual observers that the purpose of the committee was never to investigate the tragic death of four Americans in a terrorist attack; it was to attack Hillary Clinton.

This deal in my opinion is a power grab to overregulate the internet to its detriment, bypass the laws of sovereign nations, and crush the rights of individuals around the world. As an informed citizen, I feel that it is my duty to voice my opinion and state that this deal will be worse than NAFTA for the average citizen. I urge other citizens and members of Congress to vote No on this deal.

Amazon.com’s online charitable donation program, AmazonSmiles, is funding nativist hate groups like Californians for Population Stabilization, a group that uses California’s devastating water drought to stir up anti-immigrant sentiment. Amazon.com claims that no 501C3 that promotes hate is eligible to use Amazon Smiles to raise money. Amazon also claims that they check with the Southern Poverty Law Center to make sure that none of the AmazonSmiles organizations are on their watch list. However, CAPS has been singled out by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nativist group masquerading as an environmental organization. It’s absolutely unacceptable that Amazon allows CAPs to use their “AmazonSmiles” online charitable donation program to raise money. Join us in telling Amazon to stop funding hate groups like Californians for Population Stabilization.

On Monday, October 5th, the Department of Justice announced the 'final' terms of a settlement with BP over its role in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The proposed settlement would require BP Oil Company to pay $20.8 billion in damages as a result of gross negligence, but only $5.5 billion of that settlement will be non-tax deductible. As a result, BP could take a tax deduction on $15.3 billion of the settlement payments. Of the $42 billion BP has paid to address the Deepwater Horizon disaster since oil first started spilling in 2010, about 80% has qualified for tax deductions, effectively shifting the cost of BP’s “gross negligence” onto taxpayers. These write-offs send the wrong message. They diminish the value of settlements as a deterrent to future misbehavior. They are also costly for the public because taxpayers must make up for the lost revenue through cuts to public programs, higher tax rates, or more federal debt. It's time to demand an end to holding taxpayers accountable for corporate misconduct: no more write-offs for corporate wrongdoing.

Seventy union workers at Clifford-Jacobs Forging in Champaign were locked out of their jobs when they reported to work Tuesday morning. [1] The company has demanded a wage freeze for four years, plus reduced company health insurance and pension contributions. Urge Clifford-Jacobs Forging to end its lockout of union employees, return to negotiations with its unions, and bargain in good faith by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2015-09-29/updated-clifford-jacobs-workers-locked-out.html

Finally! After months of waiting, the California Supreme Court is hearing the case on whether to let California voters use Proposition 49 to instruct our Congress members to propose a U.S. constitutional amendment to repeal Citizens United. We'll deliver all your signatures to the Court on the day of the hearing, Oct 6. Sign and share the petition now to show the California Supreme Court how many people demand their right to vote to overturn Citizens United!

More than 100 million Americans live in vulnerability zones that surround dangerous chemical facilities, putting them at risk of explosions, fires, and release of toxic chemicals caused by these facilities. In Maryland, 974,386 children are at risk of these disasters because they attend school close to an unsafe plant – this is unacceptable. We can make our communities safer by ensuring that these facilities switch to safer chemicals and technologies that are both available and affordable.

More than 100 million Americans live in vulnerability zones that surround dangerous chemical facilities, putting them at risk of explosions, fires, and release of toxic chemicals caused by these facilities. In Texas, 3,206,006 children are at risk of these disasters because they attend school close to an unsafe plant – this is unacceptable. We can make our communities safer by ensuring that these facilities switch to safer chemicals and technologies that are both available and affordable.

It’s bad enough that McDonald's refuses to pay its workers a living wage – but in Brazil, it’s even worse. McDonald's stores there were just caught with underage workers doing dangerous jobs. That's right. Children were working the fryer with scalding hot oil or working the grill, and as a result they were found with burns on their bodies. McDonald’s shows once again they don’t have any respect for their workers, and it’s time for that to end. Tell McDonald’s to end ALL inappropriate child labor at its stores around the world.

Officials from the U.S. and 11 other countries will meet on September 30 in Atlanta to try to finalize the job-killing, climate-destroying, drug price-raising Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPP]. [1] Most congressional Democrats, all labor unions, and almost all environmental groups oppose the proposed agreement. Unions and firms involved in U.S. auto production are particularly concerned about the Atlanta talks. “This is a lot of jobs, and we need our government to recognize the value of those jobs and take a firm line,” said Thea Lee, deputy chief of staff at the AFL-CIO. “There is danger, in the final days of negotiations, that a bad deal will be cut” on automobile rules. Humanitarian organizations opposed to higher prescription drug prices are also particularly concerned about the Atlanta talks. Big pharmaceutical companies are seeking up to 12 years of protection from competition against generics for name-brand biologic drugs. Humanitarian organizations want fewer years of protection of brand-name drugs from competition so the drugs will be affordable. Atlanta is a major U.S. city. Such a city should be the site of a major protest against the TPP when TPP talks are held there. But trade officials have kept the venue of talks a secret until this week. Bernie Sanders can draw a crowd of 10,000 people in any major city in America right now. Urge Bernie Sanders to go to Atlanta to lead a protest against the TPP by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-pacific-partners-seek-to-conclude-trade-pact-in-atlanta-1443117418

I'm tired of Corporations having one standard & the general public another one. I also do not think it makes sense from a water shortage stand point for Nestle to bottle the public's water at probably almost no cost to them and then charge the general public.