After paying off our mortgage in 2011 (13 years early!), I contacted each credit reporting agency and was APPALLED at the discrepancies between the three agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). After 8 months of mailing documents and phone calls, only Experian had corrected their misinformation. "Disinterested" is the best word to describe the customer service I received overall. Introducing competition will force these three credit agencies to actually give a damn.

The gun ownership argument should shift to why we shoot, rather than be centered on the interpretation of what the 2nd Amendment means, or how many bullets should be in a magazine, or how lethal a weapon one can legally own. The reliance on the right to own and use guns in the US is about fear: fear for personal safety; fear of the other and, fear of being emasculated. United States citizens, who so often call ourselves exceptional, should be ashamed of this remarkably unexceptional way of life and death.

The University of Akron is being mismanaged. As a teacher, I have seen academics take a backseat to other special interests including construction, athletics programs, and the propagation of a severely bloated administrative hierarchy.

"A Nice Place to Live" is the motto of Darien, Illinois. Allowing these amendments, variances and special uses changes the atmosphere of our community, both literally and figuratively.

I have been working in the field of education for more than 25 years. All children should be given the opportunity to experience an effective, solid and meaningful education. Our Black children deserve a quality education to prepare them for the future. It is apparent school board members set the educational clock back 60 years or more when they voted and approved to re-segregate several schools in South Pinellas County. It is time to right the wrong that has negatively impacted black children in these five schools. ~Dr. Psalms Mack

Conservative Iowa radio host Jan Mickelson has never been shy about voicing his extreme, right-wing opinions, but this week he revealed just how dangerous he is by promoting slavery for undocumented immigrants. That's right, on the August 17th edition of his show, Mickelson unveiled his plan to capture, imprison in tent cities, and compel into forced labor anyone who can't prove they are legally in the country. When challenged that his plan sounded a lot like slavery, Mickelson replied, "Well, what's wrong with slavery?" and called his plan "moral," "legal," and "politically doable." Mickelson is hugely influential figure in his state's presidential nominating process. Republican candidates flock to his show to try to earn his blessing and appeal to his audience; this year, he has already hosted Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson and Rick Santorum. These horrific views have no place in modern politics, and no responsible business should give Jan Mickelson a platform to spread his hate. Mickelson's show airs on WHO Newsradio, owned by national media conglomerate iHeartMedia. Sign our petition to iHeartMedia Executive Vice President Wendy Goldberg demanding she take Mickelson off the air.

The proposed Trans-Pecos Pipeline would move natural gas across the vast Big Bend region of Texas to Mexico. This pipeline, backed by the oil and gas industry and big investment banks, would endanger the natural beauty of this pristine, untouched region, threaten the safety of the surrounding rural communities and pave the way for even more pipelines, fracking and oil extraction in the U.S. and Mexico — contributing to climate change.

80 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in animal agriculture. As a result, those same antibiotics may not work when we get sick. We cannot solve the growing problem of antibiotic resistance unless big meat purchasers like Subway stop serving meat raised with routine antibiotics. By insisting on meat raised without routine antibiotics, we will remove a key tool that perpetuates terrible factory farming conditions and prevents a transition to more sustainable, humane meat production.

I am a recovering heroine addic,t as is my husband. We run 2 addictions recovery ministries. We see 30 out of 50 people walk through our doors weekly. The majority of them hate that they ever got on methadone because now it is in their bones and are deathly sick when they try to come off. The clinic gets $80 to $100 per week per client that walks through their doors! Not only that but as soon as these addicts get their dose, they meet their dealer within 5 miles of the clinic to get the ultimate high! Our lives, our children's lives, and these addicts lives are all at risk. Please help me get these clinics out of our cities.

Maine deserves better. "LePage says he’ll resign, if enough people ask him to" - BDN, 8/19/15 - http://tides.bangordailynews.com/2015/08/19/home/lepage-says-hell-resign-if-enough-people-ask-him-to/#.VdSW_AQSZc4.facebook

This is truly a story of “David v Goliath!” Ricardo Aca is an undocumented immigrant who works in a restaurant at one of Donald Trump’s hotels in New York City. He is taking a stand against Trump's vile anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric. Ricardo Aca has taken it upon himself to prove that he, along millions of undocumented immigrants, are an asset to our communities and the country whole. While politicians cower before Trump as they compete for the job of President of the United States, Ricardo is speaking out on behalf of his family and his community --risking his job and livelihood. Recently, Ricardo shared his story through a very touching video. In doing so, Ricardo has stood up against the vile and grotesque attacks that Donald Trump has launched against mexican immigrants. We want to thank Ricardo for standing up to Donald Trump when Republicans won’t!

The reality is that even if the entire state wanted him to resign, we still wouldn’t all send the governor a letter asking him to do so, and regardless of that it’s hard to believe he would give up his post with anything short of a court order telling him to. PLEASE take this time to tell Governor Lepage how you feel.