AJAM was the highest quality, most objective journalism in the USA for three years, winning multiple awards and high praise in the industry. However, their business model was unsustainable due to multiple factors. Many of these factors could be mitigated or eliminated if properly addressed. America needs a network like this now more than ever before.

Despite numerous attempts by many of his constituents to reach out to him and request for the town hall to be rescheduled we have received no promise that he will hold one and in fact we have only received replies of fabricated events of harassment and violence as reasons he will not have a town hall.

Let's hold our politicians accountable to the people, and help Americans have a voice in the decisions that affect them.

Elliott Abrams, a neoconservative who championed the Iraq war in the Bush White House, is reportedly emerging as Trump's choice to be Deputy Secretary of State. While serving at the State Department under Reagan, Abrams covered up gross human rights abuses by the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador. In 1991, Abrams was convicted of lying to Congress about the Iran-Contra affair. [1] Republican Senator Rand Paul, a longtime critic of the neocons, has said he opposes Abrams' nomination. [2] Christopher Preble of the less-war, less-Empire Cato Institute calls the idea of nominating Elliott Abrams to the State Department "baffling." [3] As Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote during the Democratic presidential primary, "personnel is policy." [4] Urge President Trump and your Senators to oppose the nomination of neocon Elliott Abrams to the State Department by signing and sharing our petition. References: 1. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/06/politics/elliott-abrams-state-department/ 2. http://rare.us/rare-politics/rand-paul-do-not-let-elliott-abrams-anywhere-near-the-state-department/ 3. https://www.cato.org/blog/elliott-abrams-state-department-baffling 4. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/opinion/elizabeth-warren-one-way-to-rebuild-our-institutions.html

On 2/9/17, counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox & Friends (a news program) to encourage viewers to purchase Ivanka Trump's products. This is a clear violation of ethics and is against the law. She cannot be allowed to misuse or abuse her position as representative of the POTUS for private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity. Please join us in demanding that she be relieved of her duties as acting counselor to the president.

Athletics have long been an important part of the Northland College experience and help support enrollment and financial goals. Tuition, donations and the college's modest endowment are the primary sources of revenue which drive the schools bottom line. This has been a good model, we all had a good experience? Northland was just just ranked the #2 outdoor college by Backpacker Magazine this fall. Even with this good press and many recent investments, the Board remains concerned about declining enrollment. In an effort to boost enrollment Northland College has contracted with Athletics Staffing & Consultants, www.ascwinners.com/asc/, to explore development potential of a football program. Does a football program really fit the ethos of the Northland experience? What other sports can deliver value which complement Northland's existing liberal arts, environmental and outdoor related offerings? Challenge the Northland College Board of Trustees to develop its athletic program in a way that supports and enhances the values and experience we hold true as students, alumni and members of the greater Northland community. Tell the Board of Trustees you do not support a football program and tell them about your concerns relating to football culture and how this may impact the Northland experience. You can read the letter posted by the Board of Trustees, http://northland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bbd0f0841cdeb25c2f75fe44&id=b67ee53a06&e=ba0713aca9 Kind Regards, Peter Werts, class of 2006

This petition is about ethical violations. There are pending lawsuits against the President for ethical violations, but we need to be sure that everyone on his team acts within the ethical standards put in place to prevent corruption. If Conway is allowed a free pass on this clear violation, it leaves the door open for many more such ethical violations to come.

I attended my first community organizing meeting for the 50th Anniversary of Summer of Love three years ago -- a grassroots and volunteer led effort to come together in celebration of a cultural shift towards peace, love and understanding. City commons are for the people, and to refuse us a permit because we are not a large professional event corporation is wrongful.

Clergy in Ohio are already free to decide who they will marry, or not. Ask yourself, what is the real purpose behind a bill like this? I think we'll all come to the same conclusion. Homophobia.

Help these Atomic Cleanup Veterans get the compensation, medical care, and recognition as other Atomic Veterans. My husband has suffered from late-stage colon cancer and after over 7 years he is still fighting for care and compensation. Out of over 8000 participants, there are less than 500 known survivors in which the majority are fighting for their lives, battling cancer, lung issues, thyroid issues, kidney, colon and other ailments from their exposure to the toxins left behind from the 43 Nuclear blasts in the 1950's.

False news and more recently "alternative facts" are poisoning the body politic in the US. A credible, independent rating of major news outlets (print, radio and TV/cable/internet broadcast) according to standards of journalistic excellence may drive such businesses to improve performance in pursuit of better ratings.

I am terrified that our current president has chosen as his closest advisor a known white supremacist. As a Jew in Utah, I also find Bannon's anti-semitism to be particularly frightening. While I realize neither the House nor the Senate has the power to remove non-cabinet appointees, we can urge them to maintain vigilance when items are presented before them that appear to stem from or represent Bannon's un-American views. Keeping our country safe does NOT include allowing hatred to rule the day.