We cannot allow Police departments to become gangs who decide who lives and who dies. They work for the people, not the 1 percent.

UPDATE: WE DID IT! On September 27, Wells Fargo announced that its CEO would forfeit about $41 million in pay, and the executive who directly oversaw the abuse would give up $19 million in compensation. While we're glad some of the money is coming back, it's still only about one-third of the fines Wells Fargo's been charged for their abuse. That means shareholders and pensioners will still have to bear much of the cost of the $185 million in fines Wells Fargo incurred due to their abuses. It shouldn't take a PR disaster like this for companies to claw back bonuses. As a next step, will you join us in urging the regulators to strengthen their executive compensation rule, so that the regulators have the power to demand claw backs -- instead of leaving up to the company that committed the abuse? http://bit.ly/nobonusforfraud ORIGINAL PETITION: In early September, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) found that Wells Fargo employees, facing pressure to meet unrealistic sales quotas, opened more than two million deposit and credit card accounts for customers who never asked for them. The CFPB and other agencies fined Wells Fargo a total of $180 million for these illegal acts. But the executive in charge of this division at the bank isn’t being fired -- they’re “retiring,” and walking away with nearly $125 million in stock, options, and other compensation! We call on Wells Fargo to claw back the compensation of the executive responsible for millions of phony accounts. We also call on Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, who is ultimately responsible for the entire bank, to give back the bonuses he earned from May 2011 - July 2015, when this misconduct occurred. Wells Fargo must take responsibility, and not reward widespread, illegal behavior that scammed its own customers. Sources: 1. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice of Secretly Opening Unauthorized Accounts, http://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-fines-wells-fargo-100-million-widespread-illegal-practice-secretly-opening-unauthorized-accounts/ 2. Stephen Gandel, Wells Fargo Exec Who Headed Phony Accounts Unit Collected $125 Million, http://fortune.com/2016/09/12/wells-fargo-cfpb-carrie-tolstedt/

We all know Hillary's health is questionable. Is she fit to campaign? The possibility exists that Clinton could drop out, being unable to continue. If this were to occur, join us in telling the DNC the only right choice would be to make Bernie Sanders the nominee.

Our outrage goes beyond how Hillary is being treated by the media. It’s also about how the women of America are treated — and like it or not, the way the media reports on women leaders has an impact on how we treat each other, including wage and hiring discrimination. This is a big deal. The truth of the matter is that women (and men) across the United States get sick and power through their responsibilities all the time without anyone calling into question their fitness to do their jobs — they have to, since the United States is the only industrialized country in the world where not everyone has access to paid sick days and paid family and medical leave. While both men and women get sick, the data shows that women are disproportionately put in the penalty box for getting ill. To be blunt, women and mothers are often “damned if we do and damned if we don’t” when it comes to how we’re perceived in the workplace. If we need time off, we’re considered weak. If we show up as Clinton did even though she’s sick, then we’re also considered weak. It’s a no-win situation. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has yet to even release his health records! He sleeps four hours a night, never exercises and maintains a high-cholesterol, high-calorie diet. But where’s the outcry questioning his fitness to serve based on his health? This election is too important to let the news media continue to take every opportunity to paint Hillary Clinton, our first major woman presidential candidate, as weak. It’s time to call out the news media on its biased, sexist reporting.

This is a very critical moment for us all, as well as a grand opportunity. Many of those who have nominated Clinton now must realize their fatal error and anxiously seek a way to overcome it. The only viable option is to replace Hillary with Bernie, and do it asap. The struggle continues, and victory is certain, if we act quickly and massively.

Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit environmental law firm. Our expert attorneys have long been effective in Canada Lynx protection. For example, in a September 6, 2016 court victory, a federal court ordered the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to reexamine lynx critical habitat (land designated by the federal government as essential to the survival and recovery of a species). WELC also recently obtained a court order requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a recovery plan to guide management of the species after a more than 14 YEAR DELAY. WELC continues to demand enhanced protection for lynx and supports the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife’s proposal for endangered status for the species.

In North Dakota, over a thousand people representing more than a hundred tribes are gathered along the Cannonball River by the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to resist the construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. More than two dozen major banks and financial institutions including Bank of America, HSBC, UBS, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase have combined, extended a $3.75 billion credit line are helping finance the Dakota Access pipeline - a project that would transport about 470,000 barrels of crude a day from western North Dakota down to central Illinois, destroying tribal lands and water resources.

This breaks my heart and should affect every caring person on earth that these beautiful horses are in the crosshairs of hamburger-loving legislators.

This petition is to stop the falsified data that is being collected at each and every VA facility. The care veterans receive is still not satisfactory, and many veterans are still suffering from delayed care, timelines of care, and denied care. By signing this petition will help Top VA leaders understand they cannot continue to provide veterans with falsified data reports.

I am tired of turning on news channels and seeing constant bashing of Hillary Clinton while continuing to see interviews with Trump while he spouts his lies and inuendos and is rarely challenged.

On Monday, September 12, we will rally at Urbana City Hall at 6:30 pm. [1] We'll be calling on Mayor Prussing and the Urbana City Council to follow the lead of Minneapolis [2] in supporting the water and land protectors at Standing Rock. We'll present this petition urging them to call on President Obama to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline. On Friday, the Obama Administration said it would stop construction on a critical stretch of the Dakota Access Pipeline until it can do more environmental assessments. [3] This is a very welcome move by the Obama Administration. We want this welcome pause to be made permanent. To address the threat to people around the world of climate change, we need to keep more fossil fuels in the ground. A great place to start is by helping Native Americans protect their lands and water from unwanted fossil fuel development. Sign our petition urging Mayor Prussing and the Urbana City Council to pass a resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline, like the City of Minneapolis has. References: 1. https://actionnetwork.org/events/nodapl-action-at-urbana-city-council-meeting 2. http://www.minneapolismn.gov/w/groups/public/@clerk/documents/webcontent/wcmsp-185392.pdf 3. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/295223-obama-administration-orders-nd-pipeline-construction-to-stop

The next City Council meeting is September 14, 2016 at 10 a.m. 121 N. LaSalle- Council Chambers