Many Americans are looking for fundamental change in the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. They want Washington to regulate Wall Street, not the other way around. Bernie Sanders has said that no one from Goldman Sachs would ever work in his administration. [1] Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has refused to rule out a Treasury Secretary from Wall Street. [2] Robert Reich, who was a cabinet secretary in the Bill Clinton Administration, has been one of the most prominent advocates of breaking up the too-big-to-fail banks [3] and for taxing Wall Street speculation. [4] Urge Senators to support the nomination of Robert Reich as Treasury Secretary in the next Administration by signing our petition. References: 1. http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/05/investing/bernie-sanders-wall-street-atm-fees/ 2. http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/08/investing/hillary-clinton-wall-street/ 3. http://robertreich.org/post/137109198285 4. https://twitter.com/rbreich/status/293736520953761792

We need to respect the popular vote!

Candidates are not getting fair treatment because of the current party rules which allow Super Delegates to subvert democracy at their own whim. The New Hampshire distribution of delegates is the perfect example. It could affect the outcome of the Presidential race.

Primary candidates are elected based on the number of delegates they garner. New Hampshire has 24 “pledged” delegates, which are allotted based on the popular vote. Based on Bernie's stunning upset last night, Bernie was allotted 13 pledged delegates, Hillary was allotted 9, and 2 remain unallotted. But under the Democratic National Committee rules, NH also has 8 “superdelegates,” which are allotted by the DNC. Each superdelegate caries the same weight as each pledged delegate. Notwithstanding Bernie's "yuuuge" victory, the DNC allotted all 8 NH superdelgates to Hillary. This is not the first such ploy by the DNC to back Hillary and defeat Bernie. First, the DNC tried to stack the deck in Hillary's favor by limiting the number of debates and then scheduling them for obscure times in order reduce Bernie's outreach to an audience to whom he was largely unknown. Next, the DNC locked Bernie out of its own voter database, ostensibly due to the overzealousness of a member of team Bernie's, who exploited the weak security provided by the database company. This was entirely inappropriate on the part of the DNC, and Bernie filed a lawsuit to reverse it, within 24 hours of which, his database access was restored. Please join me in sending a message to the DNC: "Enough is enough!" Stop trying to rig the Democratic primary. The DNC is undermining the very principles of fairness and democracy for which the Democratic party is supposed to stand.

There's too much money in politics and we aim to fix that.

Superdelegates are a group of Democratic elected officials and other prominent party leaders who are free to vote for whomever they want, independent of the will of the voters. That means that despite Bernie Sanders winning New Hampshire by a margin of over 20 percentage points, superdelegates from the state could override the will of the voters.

Bernie Sanders is on a roll among actual voters, with a blowout victory in New Hampshire (22 points!) and a virtual tie in Iowa. When Bernie is on the ballot - he can win. But in a close race, Superdelegates can snatch that victory away. Only by pushing back against this possibility can we ensure that the candidate WE vote for becomes the nominee. Organized by Emilijana Ulaj and Rob Akleh of Ready to Fight, Joshua Grossman of Progressive Kick, and Jenni Siri of Women for Bernie. (readytofight.org, progressivekick.org, women4bernie.us)

Bernie won New Hampshire. And by a hair, Hillary won Iowa. In other words, there's a long Democratic primary ahead, possibly fought all the way to the convention. But there's a problem: There are 712 superdelegates—made up of Democratic elected officials and other prominent party leaders—who have the power to tip the scales, potentially shifting the vote at the convention to whomever they choose. This process is undemocratic and fundamentally unfair to Democratic primary voters. In 2008, when the primary looked like it could boil down to superdelegates, MoveOn launched a similar campaign calling on the superdelegates to hold off making their decisions until the voters had spoken. Now, as we face a similarly contested primary, it's critical that we speak out again for the integrity of our voting process. Democracy only works when the votes of the people—not the decision of a small number of elites—are what determines the outcome of elections.

As a resident of New York (City & State), I am personally affected by the current condition of our democracy. The issue of money in politics and the corporate strangle on our democracy is an intolerable crisis, but also an incredible opportunity. When impacted communities UNITE for change, real progress is not only possible but impossible to deny!

Donald Trump is not what America needs!

As a native Oregonian, I am affected by the State of our democracy. Massive corporations have hijacked our electorate and have built an insidious machine of influence and corruption. Oregon Senate candidates have the ability to voice support for campaign finance reforms, to reject corporate influence, and to take back control of our democracy.

As a resident of Florida, I am personally affected by the state of our democracy. The issue of money in politics and the corporate strangle on our democracy is an incredible crisis, but also an incredible opportunity. When impacted communities unite for change, real progress is possible.