As forewarned in the New York Times, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has received $3.7 million from the Hitz Foundation to create so-called TRANSLATIONS (as distinguished from Reformation amendments, adaptations, parodies, etc) of Shakespeare's plays for 21st- century audiences. In this massive, 39-play Alternative Shakespeare Canon classical references are to be minimized or "contextualized," ambiguous meanings simplified or streamlined, and words amended or replaced . . . “bringing fresh voices and perspectives.” References: (A) Opinion piece in The New York Times by James Shapiro, "Modernizing the Bard?" (October 7, 2015, page A27) (B) Article in New York Times by Jennifer Schuessler, "Oregon Shakespeare Festival Plans Shakespeare 'Translation' Project" (October 1, 2015, Arts Beat--Theater) (C) "Why 'Translating' Shakespeare for the 21st Century Is a Bad Idea" by Dennis Abrams ( The Markets) (D) Oregon Public Broadcasting "Oregon Shakespeare Festival To Modernize The Bard's Plays" (E) Facebook "Play On: 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare"

Our HOA will not place signs in our parks that our dues maintain and nonresidents use and trash, including using drugs in the open.

This is a form of Dark Money speech that MSNBC is allowing. If we let MSNBC and their lackey Chris Matthews get away with this, millions will be affected to accept the lie that has just been told about Bernie Sanders by MSNBC'S Chris Matthews! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7p5i5ozCI Leonard Clark Progressive activist April 24, 2016

we need him out

To demand a public apology from Disney and ABC to Kelly Ripa

With the rise and popularity of longboarding and skateboarding in our culture we have also seen a rise in fatalities and permanent brain injury that could have been necessarily avoided by the wearing of helmets. Unfortunately retailers and their associates have historically ignored this problem because it has been viewed as unpopular. We would like to reverse this trend and work to save lives.

To help find a solution to decrease the number of child soldiers.

This petition is about Rape. I personal have not been affected by it, but I do know people who have been effected by it.

As a community we need to facilitate a process for those who are victims / survivors of abuse to help them heal and be made whole again.

Second Fiddle, a bar in Nashville, displays a Confederate flag prominently. When asked about taking it down, bar staff defended it saying only uneducated people would want it taken down. They clearly do not understand the racial implications of this symbol. Please help the South become more integrated by getting rid of racist symbols in public places.

Bill Clinton on Friday April 15, 2016 in Washington Heights in New York City while stumping for his wife Hillary Clinton said that “I think it’s fine that all these young students have been so enthusiastic for her opponent and it sounds so good, just shoot every third person on Wall Street and everything will be fine.'” This type of slander and criminal association is shameful and both the Hillary Clinton and her surrogate husband Bill should apologize.

Our right, as citizens, to have access to the truth!