We don't want our livelihoods altered by this horrible event. Keep Hampton quiet! Preserve our peace!

In early April, Paypal decided not to move into Mississippi because of their new bill. New York has been stoping business with them. If this keeps up then more and more companies will follow and lose interest in dealing business with North Carolina. MLK fought for equality for everyone, but in today world we have anything that. We need to stand together and fight this bill, to the Supreme Court if needed. As Americans, it is our duty to stand up for what is right, and this is far from right. When women fought for the right to vote, many (conservatives) people did not think that women should have same rights as men, but never the less they fought and won. When MLK wanted equality for African Americans he fought, and won. All America has known is fighting; fighting for freedom, fighting for equality, fighting to save others from a worldwide treat. We have fought for so many years now, but now we need to fight again. I know the world's not perfect and will always have some problems but we become part of that problem when we do nothing to fix it. I ask you, America, please, don't become part of this problem. Help change this nation for the better and sign to remove House Bill H2.

On January 19, the Oakland City Council passed legislation establishing the Black Arts Movement Business District. We thank them, especially City Council President Lynette McElhaney and Moveon.org. It is time for the BAM Poets Choir and Arkestra to hit the road to complete the 27 City BAM Tour ancestor Amiri Baraka suggested to continue our cultural revolution and united front of progressive people.

Before I was elected to the Oregon Legislature, I worked in the tech sector – an industry that is dominated by men and often criticized for wage discrepancy among employees based on their gender. But unequal pay isn’t just a problem in the tech sector. In most industries women are paid less than their male coworkers. Today is Equal Pay Day, a symbol of the length of time women would have to work into the next year to make the same amount of money as their male counterparts. For women of color, the wage gap is even greater than the often quoted 79 cents on the dollar. In 2015, I took action on these discrepancies and championed legislation that would expand Oregon’s equal pay law, increase wage transparency, and protect employees from retaliation – a critical reform that empowers works to seek better pay. But we’re not done. I’m calling on Congress to do more to make it equal – and I hope you’ll join me. Sign the petition: Tell Congress that it’s time for equal pay for equal work. Let’s build momentum to take this important step for equality. Join me today.

The excuse my wife does taxes is not holding water. Show the taxes, the actual forms, which you can get easily from the IRS. Quit making excuses to not be transparent.

One of the largest grocery retailers in the St. Louis area has announced plans to eliminate 190 union jobs and subcontract their work to a non-union operation.

I believe that together we can give more opportunities for treatment to those with mental health problems. We have neglected mental health for too long and it's time to pursue a future in which the health of one's mind is of utmost priority.

On March 14, 2016 at 2:30 PM in the afternoon, A'mani Miller, 23 years young, beautiful, intelligent and talented, was on a work shift, delivering construction materials just like he usually did at this time on a weekday afternoon. However, On what seemed to be an ordinary Monday changed our lives forever. His mother, father, family and friends were informed that he had been a victim of a crime. A'mani was beaten, stabbed multiple times, shot multiple times and shot in the head. We believe that he may have made a pit stop on his way to work that day... We're not sure how his lifeless body was found on the 5th floor of 2125 Rockaway Parkway in The Bayview Houses located in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York (NYC). BAYVIEW IS A GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROJECT. He did not reside there. He lives in the gentrified section of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, NY. He had no known contacts there and he did not work there. A'mani had no criminal history and he loved everyone. The Bayview NYCHA housing project is known to be a cesspool of crime. THERE ARE NO CAMERAS and Police presence is slim. Why was this horrible crime allowed to happen on Government property ?! A'mani was loved so dearly by everyone!!! He is deeply missed. Please sign this petition... It is unacceptable that these crimes keep happening on GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. We must take action to stop it. Please pray for the family. Peace and be safe. Thank you and God Bless!

Gerawan workers are asking your help again over the recent pesticide spraying by a neighboring farmer that occurred at the giant tree fruit company. More than 15,000 UFW supporters signed a petition urging Fresno County’s Agricultural Commissioner to quickly investigate the pesticide incident. The government agency’s reply? The investigation could take up to two years. Gerawan Worker Augustin Garcia tells us: “I’m frustrated. This is the second time I’ve seen workers poisoned with pesticides while working at Gerawan. My co-workers were clear that Gerawan did not try right away to protect me or my fellow workers. Because of this on March 15, I took part in a demonstration at the office of the Fresno County Ag Commissioner. We gave them a petition that was signed by over 15,000 people asking them to immediately investigate the poisoning. I was one of two workers who was allowed into the office to talk to them. I was very disappointed with the Ag Commissioner office’s answer. They told me they were already investigating, that Gerawan wasn’t the one who sprayed the pesticides. Worst of all, they told me that cases about pesticides can take up to two years to investigate. Two years? It’s like farm worker lives aren’t important to the officials who are supposed to protect us. What if this happens again? Next time, it could be me. This is wrong and we need to make them move faster. We need to be protected. It’s frustrating. I feel like we’re not important to them -- but if they don’t protect us, who will?” Nicholas Landa is also frustrated. He was one of the Gerawan workers exposed to pesticides on Feb. 22. Nicholas shared: “This is what happened to me: On Feb. 22, my crew and other Gerawan crews were pruning peaches. Then we were hit by pesticides when a neighboring farm began spraying right by where we were eating our lunch. Instead of moving us away or providing us an opportunity to wash our eyes or change our clothes, the supervisors at Gerawan sent us back into the fields to work again, as if nothing happened. We wanted to keep our jobs so we did as we were told to do. It wasn’t until an hour and a half later the foreman told us to leave the field because a car was going to take us to the office. Here we saw a doctor. I told him my head hurt, my eyes burned and I felt sick to my stomach. He checked my eyes, my mouth and my pulse and told me everything was fine since the pesticide that was sprayed was organic and wasn’t dangerous. Afterwards, we were taken back to the fields and returned to work. Nobody gave me the names of the pesticides. I asked Gerawan and it took days for me to find out we were sprayed with Regalia, BioLink Boron Fertilizer and Goemar MZ ‘O’. All three of these chemicals have warning labels warning people to get help right away if we breathe them in or our eyes are irritated after coming in contact with them. But Gerawan did not do this. Instead they sent us back into the fields to work.” Gerawan workers can’t wait two years for the investigation. As Augustin told us, “What if this happens again? Next time, it could be me.” Please help us tell the Agricultural Commissioner of Fresno County to stop the delays and protect Gerawan workers like they are supposed to.

There have been several pets killed by this dog food brand and their food is still on the shelves at our local stores. There have been multi class action law suits. We need an investigation on this company ASAP!

More than 400 pro-democracy protesters staging a sit-in against the influence of big money in politics and congressional inaction to reverse it, as well as against the erosion of federal protection of voting rights, were arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol April 11, the first day of a week-long series of demonstrations. [1] Pro-democracy protesters are highlighting support for five pro-democracy bills: the Government by the People Act [2], the Fair Elections Now Act [3], the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015 [4], the Voter Empowerment Act of 2015 [5], and the Democracy for All Amendment [6]. Urge Congress to support the #DemocracySpring pro-democracy bills by signing our petition. References: 1. http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/11/politics/democracy-spring-arrests-protests-washington/; http://www.nbcnews.com/video/-democracy-spring-stages-capitol-hill-protest-663564355890; http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/11/473874785/hundreds-protest-gerrymandering-campaign-finance-laws-on-capitols-steps; http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/11/us/politics/ap-us-capitol-protests.html 2. http://www.demos.org/publication/government-people-act 3. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s1538/summary 4. http://vrafortoday.org/current-legislation/ 5. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr12/summary 6. http://freespeechforpeople.org/the-amendment/democracy-for-all-amendment/

As a part of a school project I was encouraged to take global action on the topic of animal abuse. My goal is to get the US government to talk to other nations about animal rights and how animals should be treated. Specifically, my goal is to enact an international law that requires all pet stores to sell only animals that are in local animal shelters.