• Tim Cook and Apple, don't purchase Beats Music and Beats Entertainment
    Call on Apple Inc. to cancel the purchase of Beats Music and Beats Electronics. If they do not, all moral people should consider boycotting Apple. A major owner and co-founder of Beats Music and Beats Electronics, Andre Romelle Young (a.k.a. "Dr Dre") has allegedly practiced and promoted violence, particularly against woman. Two or more women have accused Andre Young of severely beating them. "Dr Dre's" former girlfriend, Michel'le Toussant (a.k.a. Michel'le) said that "Dr Dre" broke her nose, and repeatedly blackened her eyes. Speaking of "Dr Dre", Michel'le said "I did five videos and we had to cover three black eyes. It seemed like the day before a video, I would get a black eye and we had to cover it." "Dr Dre" is the father of Michel'le's son, Marcel. Denise "Dee" Barnes, is a performer whose stage name was "D Zire". According to Rolling Stone reporter Alan Light, on January 27, 1991, "Dr Dre" encountered Barnes at a record release party in Hollywood, and "He ["Dr Dre"] picked her up by her hair and began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women's rest room. Dre followed her and grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head." Another major owner and co-founder of Beats is Jimmy Iovine. Jimmy Iovine and “Dr Dre” have each produced many rap artists whose lyrics are violent. Here are parts of just one song from “Dr Dre”: “Who is the man with the masterplan? A Nigga Witta motherf*cking Gun! See I never take a step on a Compton block or LA without the AK ready to pop. And for a youth to survive a nigga gotta be a gangster. And I'm a nigga you can't remove. Took out a lot of motherf*uckers for tryin' to prove to their homies they can hang by dealin' with me. But once again in the end they D-E-A-D. I never did time on a murder yet. If you see me on the solo moves believe that I'm strapped .44, .38 or AK 47. You want a stairway to heaven? Just put my finger on the trigger and pull back and lay a punk motherfucker flat.” Is this what Apple wants to support? Is this what Apple wants to promote? By paying these men approximately $3 billion? If this is what Apple wants, please do not support Apple in any way. Call on Apple to cancel the purchase of Beats Music and Beats Electronics.
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  • Senate Judiciary Committee: Say no to Michael Boggs!
    As a Georgia state representative, Michael Boggs made a name for himself with his anti-choice, anti-women, anti-health crusades. And now he's up for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.
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  • I dont deserve this
    To prove we need my case looked at further. I'm not guilty, and I trusted State Police and I'm being put through something no one should go through. I have medical problems that have continuously occured since the rape. Please help me.
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  • Gov Nixon: Veto anti-choice "72 hour" bill!
    Are you over-emotional? Fickle? Constantly taxed by your own moronic brain? Then you're Missouri's vision of women seeking abortions — and has it got a law for you.
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  • Tell Yahoo: Stop profiting from ads that mislead and lie to women!
    Yahoo is profiting from ads that mislead and lie to women, and it has to stop. As you read this, women are searching for "abortion clinics" on Yahoo. But the majority of the ads they'll get are for anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) and groups that oppose abortion. In reality, CPCs are predatory organizations that lure women in to tell them dangerous lies--that they will get cancer or become suicidal if they get an abortion--or even to dissuade them from using birth control. Google just took down a slew of deceptive CPC ads. Yahoo has advertising policies to prevent this kind of deception, and they need to enforce them. Billions of people use Yahoo each month, and if Yahoo does nothing, the tens of thousands of women who search for abortion counseling will be subjected to lies and deception.
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  • Anti-Asian abortion ban in California - Take action!
    Tomorrow, the California Assembly Health Committee will consider an abortion ban that stigmatizes our community and could lead to racial profiling of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) women in the doctors office. We’re outraged that this is happening in the state with the highest number of AAPIs, and during the first week of Asian American Heritage Month no less. Tell California lawmakers to reject AB2336. AB 2336 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. As with similar bans spreading across the country, the people behind AB 2336 consistently vote against women’s rights- including reproductive rights, equal pay, and freedom from gender-based violence. They say this “sex selective abortion ban” is about gender equality, but it’s really about banning abortion. They’re doing it under the pretense of equality to pass it through without a fight. Worse, AB 2336 stereotypes the AAPI community. Without conclusive evidence, anti-choice politicians are saying Asian immigrants are bringing backward values to the U.S. and practicing sex-selection because they prefer boy children. They’re relying on what is happening in India and China, and on anti-immigrant sentiment, to try and pass this bill on the backs of AAPI women. If this bill passes, doctors in California may scrutinize AAPI women’s health decisions in ways other women wouldn’t be subject to. They may even decide not to provide us abortion care, out of fear of going to jail and paying heavy fines. This is unacceptable. Tell California lawmakers to vote NO on AB 2336.
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  • Women are not incubators!
    Louisiana HB1274 (which was HB348) forces women to be kept on life support as human incubators. Instead of honoring her wishes (even in a living will), family wishes, and medical advice, this bill says the government can decide for you. There is no exception for suffering, no accounting for a severely impaired fetus, and no explanation of who will pay for this unwanted care.
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  • Make Ron Hextall the GM of the Philadelphia Flyers
    As a lifelong Flyers' fan I have seen......seasons ending far too soon, free agency players let go by the wayside, excellent players traded away to other teams only to go on and contribute & win Stanley Cups! Let's not forget the players past their prime acquired & those many contracts with far too much time & money written into them! We are the loyalest fan base in the NHL & deserve more than "next year"! Paul Holmgren has had 8 seasons as a GM and gotten us nowhere. Hexy is back, give him & your fans a chance!
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    Created by Wendy Gumpper
  • Pornography opt-in/opt-out
    Through studying the trends of young relationships I have found the issue of objectification of women is altering the way relationships are developing today. I believe that pornography teaches young adults to objectify women. When it is accessed at a very early age, and becomes a teenager's first exposure to sex, their view of sex and relationships can become horribly skewed. I don't want to see young adults begin treating women as an object because of pornography, when Internet providers have the ability to restrict this.
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    Created by Joe Wagner
  • News Media: Stop sexist Clinton coverage!
    If you've watched CNN, NBC or FOX in the last week you will have been exposed to yet another case of breathtaking sexism in the mainstream media.
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  • Pier 1: Stop discriminating against pregnant workers!
    Even though it's against California law, Pier 1 forces pregnant workers to do eight weeks of light duty before making them take months-long unpaid leave.
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  • We demand the truth in the FSU rape case!
    As colleges and universities across the country face rising outrage over how they deal with sexual assault, this latest case is a textbook example of how successful athletes are protected at the cost of their victims.
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