Mass incarceration in low-income communities feeds a cycle of poverty and crime and does little to keep those communities safe. It’s unconscionable that, through a loophole in our tax code, taxpayers are actually padding the profits of private prison owners who are getting rich off of mass incarceration. I’m fighting to end this outrageous, unjust special interest loophole and I hope you’ll join me. Sign the Petition: Tell Congress to end private prison tax breaks! - Ron Wyden

We are concerned about the following audition notice and request that the EEOC and DFEH take administrative action: "All ethnicities are welcome to audition. Historically we have used performers whose facial features make them appear conventionally Caucasian. So if you fit this description, please send us your information. If you don’t, your amazing voice and stage presence could change our minds, so please send us your information." - Beach Blanket Babylon (San Francisco) ≈ 26 August 2016 Such a blatantly race-based employment preference violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), both of which prohibit discrimination based upon race and color. Under U.S. law, race is never a bona fide occupational qualification, and Beach Blanket Babylon’s preference for Caucasian talent combined with its own admission within the notice that an auditioner’s race is not essential for the role(s) in question leave no room for ambiguity. We further request that the EEOC and DFEH initiate investigations into systemic violations of Title VII and FEHA at all levels of California’s entertainment industry. Discriminatory employment practices are industry standard and disparately impact all but White males on and behind camera and stage.

We need to be freed from the high interest rates that the loans have submerged us in...Only to not be able to find jobs OR a livable wage.

My grandchildren are caught up in the system due to my son's addiction. I'm not allowed to have them or even openly communicate, although we've always had an ongoing long term established relationship. Due to my past of addiction that created it's horrible havoc in my life and unfortunately my children's. I have over 2 decades of sobriety and recovery. I got my own children back and out of this broken system but many years later the same sadness affects our life with my grandchildren!! This is horrible and unhealthy for me and many others like me, but more than that the children who don't have a choice even when they speak up. Let's change laws to better lives with love not bureaucracy !!

During this week’s NBC News Commander in Chief Forum--the first joint forum for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump--moderator and "The Today Show" host Matt Lauer failed to do his job as a journalist by not correcting Donald Trump’s lies about never supporting the Iraq War and continuing to ask the Republican candidate soft, open-ended questions. During the forum on military issues and foreign policy, NBC’s Matt Lauer: > Failed to hold Donald Trump accountable by allowing him to repeat his lie that he always opposed the Iraq War. (NBC News later fact-checked the comment after the forum and deemed it false.) > Failed to ask Donald Trump any serious questions about some of the candidate’s most troubling foreign policy comments-- neglecting to address Trump’s attack on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, his attack on Senator John McCain’s prisoner-of-war status, Trump’s multiple deferments from the Vietnam War, > Spent one-third of Secretary Clinton’s time pressing her on her use of a private email server--and then asked her to be “brief” responding to questions on ISIS. Leading journalists agreed that Lauer and NBC failed to give Americans a well-moderated forum by failing to fact check basic falsehoods, mainly Trump’s Iraq War assertion: "This #NBCNewsForum feels like an embarrassment to journalism.” – New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof “How can someone like @MLauer not set the record straight on Trump's bogus claim of being against the war in Iraq?” – Washington Post’s Fact Checker Glenn Kessler "Lauer has done great interviews. But that's one of the weakest, least incisive performances I've seen from a presidential forum moderator.” – Slate’s Will Saletan “Matt Lauer never challenged Trump's claim he opposed Iraq war in 2002 (which he did not). @chucktodd would not have let that go by.” – New York Times’ Trip Gabriel “‘I was totally against the war in Iraq,’ Trump says, saying something that is not true. Matt Lauer offers no follow up.” – BuzzFeed Politics’ Andrew Kaczynski "Trump lies about opposing Iraq war. Lauer lets it go. No follow up. Unreal.” – New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait Americans rely on moderators of presidential forums and debates to hold candidates accountable and correct blatant lies like Trump’s Iraq War statement. Already, one of the four debate moderators, Fox News’ Chris Wallace, said it’s “not my job to be a truth squad” and correct any “falsehoods or unfounded accusations,” on which Trump’s campaign has been built. Tell NBC News’ Lester Holt — and other presidential debate hosts Martha Raddatz (ABC News), Anderson Cooper (CNN), and Chris Wallace (Fox News) — to commit to asking serious, substantial questions of all candidates and hold candidates accountable for misinformation.

Because like I said he the homie and I don't like Mr.B

In December, 2015, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada came between 32,000 rooftop solar customers and their contracts with their power provider, and impacted economically favorable power rates that had previously been agreed upon. These solar customers invested in personal solar energy systems, acting in good faith based upon promises from the state. These promises were changed and undermined much to the detriment of the utility's customers. Through NV Energy's recent advice filing, the PUC now has the opportunity to remedy their decision that has devalued the investments made by tens of thousands of Nevada solar customers. Sign our petition and tell the PUC you want Nevada's original solar customers grandfathered under their original, contracted rates.

For months thousands of indigenous people and allies have been camped out in North Dakota putting their bodies on the line to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Now that the struggle has gained national and international attention, MoveOn.org is circulating fundraising e-mails along with a petition to investigate the security firms that have been hired to attack peaceful protectors of water and land. When organizations like MoveOn.org use movement moments like this to seek donations, that pulls donations and resources away from the front line and indigenous communities that are putting their bodies on the line. It's time for MoveOn to stop profiting off other movement's struggles!

Sign and share. Put your name on something that can actually benefit our State. Studies have proven that marijuana stops the growth and development of cancer and other diseases. Read the research. Cancer is an epidemic in our country! Take the first step and sign. It's our legal right to have access to the cure for cancer and other medical conditions! It will help our economy. Sign now.

Costco would be a great asset for our community providing, jobs, merchandise and services.

Many cities across the country and our own state have changed local laws and ordinances to allow for the raising of a small flock of hens. It is time for Wentzville, MO to join this movement. With proper education and a little research it is very easy to raise chickens in an urban setting without fear of noise, smell or disease. At the same time you can provide your family with a very healthy choice in home grown eggs. This will relieve the pressure on factory farming, while giving residents the right to provide a much more humane, and safe environment for backyard chickens.Out of the 90 municipalities in St. Louis County alone 81 of them allow backyard chickens. Let's join cities like Lake St. Louis, Chesterfeild, Kirkwood, Ballwin and many more to put food production into the hands of city resident

Here we are again with Riders to defund Planned Parenthood and fly confederate flags in Veterans' cemeteries so a desperate situation with the zika virus can be funded. STOP this madness!