As a sexual assault advocate, I believe we all have to work together to prevent sexual violence.

The revolution cannot, must not, and will not be televised, because it begins in the mind and the heart.

The board of the League of Conservation Voters has taken the unprecedented step of endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, after only one debate between the Democratic candidates and months before the first vote in the Democratic primaries will be cast. It’s far too early in this primary to endorse. In 2004, LCV’s endorsement of John Kerry before the New Hampshire primary was unprecedented, but at least came after Kerry’s strong victory in the Iowa caucuses. There is no such defense today. By LCV’s own metrics, Clinton has the weakest environmental record of the Democratic candidates. Bernie Sanders is the highest rated candidate in the League of Conservation Voters scorecard. Martin O’Malley was the first, and so far the only candidate to release a comprehensive presidential climate agenda. Sanders led the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline while Clinton's State Department was recommending its construction. In these opening days of the Democratic primary, it's been exciting to see Clinton take stronger stands on behalf of the climate, coming closer to where Sanders and O’Malley already are. Her call for a solar revolution, exceeding previous Sanders legislation, is inspiring and greatly needed. The agreement of the candidates on the need for a federal investigation of ExxonMobil’s climate deception—an issue on which O’Malley led—is electrifying. This primary is teaching millions of Americans the urgency of the climate crisis and the grand possibilities of a true clean-energy revolution. Competitive primaries work! LCV is a very good political organization—one the best in the country working on any issue. The millions of dollars they raise and spend each year, the millions of voters they reach with a pro-climate message are a crucial bulwark against the radical Republican agenda. We know that their board, their staff and their volunteers care deeply about environmental issues and solutions. Nine times out of ten, they do great work, but this time they grossly miscalculated. Obviously, any of the Democratic candidates will be far better than the Koch-soaked Republican climate conspiracy theories, and I'm committed to electing the eventual Democratic nominee on a strong climate platform and crushing the GOP in November. But first, that Democrat - be it Clinton, Sanders, or O'Malley - needs to deserve my vote.

Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) is a nonprofit, public interest environmental law firm. For the past six years, WELC has been leading a 100-member coalition seeking to eliminate leaked methane from fossil fuel development on lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. This can be achieved by requiring companies leasing our public lands to implement highly cost-effective, available technologies that have already been successfully deployed in oil and gas producing states like Colorado and Wyoming.

We are starting this petition because we believe that all people should feel safe on their college campuses. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college. Less than 10% of those assaults are reported. If we make this process any more difficult, as this bill is attempting to do through mandated reporting to police forces, we will be endangering the future of our college students. We do not believe that Alpha Epsilon Phi, or any sorority or fraternal council should support this endangerment.

In just a few days, we could see thousands of solar jobs in jeopardy. The solar industry is one of the brights spots in the Massachusetts economy, now employing 12,000 people. But our growing solar businesses could come to a screeching halt if power company lobbyists have their way. Our most successful solar program, called net metering, allows solar panel owners to sell their excess power back. But that program, and the thousands of jobs it helped to create, has reached its cap, meaning that projects all over the state have been put on hold. You'd think raising the cap would be a no-brainer, but thanks to a lobbying blitz by the power industry, we've been stalled for months. We're down to the wire, the last formal session of the year is next week. If legislators don't act this week, we will lose our chance to act in 2015. Both the governor and legislative leadership have said they will act before the end of the year, but if we are going to overcome the industry opposition, they need to hear from you.

In 1838, Georgetown University president Thomas Mulledy sold 272 human beings of African descent, legally owned by the Jesuit religious order, to Louisiana in order to cover the school's debts. To this day, Georgetown has a resident hall named after this slave owner. Like the confederate flag flying on state grounds, memorials to slave owners have no place in this society. As part of a growing student and social movement, Georgetown University students are sitting in at school president John J. DeGioia's office until our demands are met. Support our students, our demands and our movement.

My son has fallen into the progression of a drug addiction. He is now cutting school and running away. His high school sent him for a drug test at Cape Regional Hospital and he tested positive for cocaine. The doctor told me in front of my son that it could very well be a false positve. He said he's fine to go back to school. I asked him to be held because he is hurting himself. They sent him home.

Oil companies are trying to expand their Northwest operations, putting our communities at risk from explosive oil train derailments, huge increases in rail traffic, and oil spills from trains, tankers, and barges. And with each additional project, they add to climate disruption. Dangerous types of oil – volatile Bakken crude from the Midwest and toxic tar sands oil from Canada – pose unique dangers to public health and the environment. Unchecked, the oil industry will turn our region into a thoroughfare for crude oil with terminal proposals that impact the Northwest, the country and the world. We remember the disaster in Lac Megantic Canada —a derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. We also remember the Exxon Valdez, the BP Horizon, and the ominous warning of the 1989 Nestucca oil barge spill off Grays Harbor that fouled beaches from Oregon to Vancouver Island, and killed 56,000 sea birds. But we have an opportunity to say no to the oil industry’s proposed expansion through our region: A public comment period is now underway to evaluate the risks of two of the terminals in Grays Harbor, Washington – the Westway and Imperium terminal proposals. Our job is to let the Department of Ecology and the City of Hoquiam know that the risks outweigh the benefits of these projects.

Oil companies are trying to expand their Northwest operations, putting our communities at risk from explosive oil train derailments, huge increases in rail traffic, and oil spills from trains, tankers, and barges. And with each additional project, they add to climate disruption. Dangerous types of oil – volatile Bakken crude from the Midwest and toxic tar sands oil from Canada – pose unique dangers to public health and the environment. Unchecked, the oil industry will turn our region into a thoroughfare for crude oil with terminal proposals that impact the Northwest, the country and the world. We remember the disaster in Lac Megantic Canada —a derailment and explosion that killed 47 people. We also remember the Exxon Valdez, the BP Horizon, and the ominous warning of the 1989 Nestucca oil barge spill off Grays Harbor that fouled beaches from Oregon to Vancouver Island, and killed 56,000 sea birds. But we have an opportunity to say no to the oil industry’s proposed expansion through our region: A public comment period is now underway to evaluate the risks of two of the terminals in Grays Harbor, Washington – the Westway and Imperium terminal proposals. Our job is to let the Department of Ecology and the City of Hoquiam know that the risks outweigh the benefits of these projects.

The December 18th 2015 debut of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is a chance to tell vast audiences to defeat the dark side of man-made climate change and awaken the force of worldwide actions that will allow us to live sustainably on Mother Earth. One excellent series of Hollywood-produced film shorts is the "Nature Is Speaking" series made by Conservation International narrated by major actors, including Harrison Ford and Lupita Nyong'o who are members of the Star Wars cast. Ford and director James Cameron brought us the recent Showtime Documentary series,"Years of Living Dangerously," demonstrating the entertainment industry's ability to elevate environmental realities. Ford spoke out passionately for the earth by confronting Indonesia's president and condemning that country's palm oil industry for destroying its forests. With Ford's return to star in "The Force Awakens" -- a blockbuster that may well set world records for theater viewership -- he and James Cameron should use their star power and status to demand that theaters precede each showing with a film short for the Earth. We are also targeting Star Wars creator George Lucas, distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Director/Producer J.J. Abrams, co-producer Bryan Burk, and Kathleen Kennedy, president of co-producer Lucasfilm. as well as the CEOs of large Theater and Cinema Companies like Carmike, AMC, Regal, Harkins, Cinemark, and more. Perhaps the best film short to suggest is the Louie Schwartzberg/Morgan Freeman film short to the 2014 UN Climate Meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4r5OsKyTUU

MOST SENIORS AND DISABLED ARE EFFECTED ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEIR COLA RAISE, WHICH ISN'T A RAISE IF IT'S TAKEN AWAY AS SOON AS THEY GET IT.