Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy has disappeared from his prison cell in Cairo after launching a hunger strike against his indefinite detention.

Conversion of existing carpool lanes into paid toll lanes is unfair and is causing more traffic jams on the slow lanes. This is a reversal of the whole idea behind having carpool lanes in the first place. Ultimately, it's creating a 2-tiered traffic system where non-paying drivers have to suffer worse traffic. It is also a double taxation as the tax-payers already paid for the freeways.

My petition is about the accessibility of public transportation in the New York Tri-State Area, specifically making the New York City Subway System accessible to all passengers at all stops during all times.

Does it matter who runs this country as long as they are fair? The NBA stood up fiercely about racist remarks the owner said, but no one stands behind our president. I heard someone say that it's just the principle of it all -- RESPECT. I would like everyone to stand up for the President of the United States, the one who we voted to hold this country in his hands. Put aside your dislikes and say enough is enough. The President of the United States should not be called names by those under him, or around him. It's not OK, it's Wrong. Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. "A man can't ride you unless your back is bent." Martin Luther King Let's Stand Up Straight and Say No to Racism

Lake Avenue in St. James is a very dangerous place to walk, drive or cross the street. Lake Avenue is also home to an Elementary School and many family friendly businesses. It is time to end speeding and dangerous driving and parking.

NC House of Representative GK Butterfield and Kansas House of Representative Pompeo are supporting a bill which would virtually deny any state the right to label GMO food products. ASA President Ray Gaesser has said the bill "is a commonsense, science-based approach to an issue we realize is close to the hearts and minds of so many consumers," Join me and let Representative Butterfield and all US State Representatives know consumers have the right to know what we are eating!

Recently I viewed THE DARK SIDE OF CHOCOLATE on YouTube. I became educated about this horrifying issue and I feel compelled to do something about it. I was informed that boycotting would not help as it doesn't affect the corporations but rather the plantation owner. By a decrease in demand for chocolate it may trigger even more slavery use in order for the cocoa farmer to cut costs. This is why we must insist on Chocolate corporations to change and stop this crime once and for all.

We as a country should not bow down to the unnatural acts of our country men and women.

Today is the biggest strike in fast food history and it’s phenomenal. The actions in support of $15/hour wages and the right to form a union without retaliation have spread across the globe. It’s time for McDonald’s and the whole fast food industry to recognize that they can’t keep paying poverty wages to their employees – men and women, moms and dads, people whose families are depending on them. Support the strike – then spread the word! Sign our petition to McDonald’s to pay $15 an hour and allow workers to form a union. Make sure everyone at McDonald’s May 22nd shareholder meeting knows that paying poverty wages is no longer an option.

I'm tired of the commercials and commercialism of syndicated radio - especially during the morning drive. Let's hear about local information - not what's going on in other parts of the country.

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ChestFest 2015 is a community fundraiser and day of celebration. Let's keep it going!