• DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ MUST RESIGN HER DNC POSITIONS
    This petition is about transparency in the standards of political conduct required for a DNC official. If one cannot in good conscience support the majority position of one's party in the Congress, one doesn't continue to hold an office which makes one in effect, a political trimmer or a hypocrite.
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    Created by Charles J. Briody, III
  • Lighting Facts Label Amendment to Protect Health and Create Public Awareness
    So that Everyone in the US can have access to information on light that effects their health.
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    Created by Evelyn Sahaja
  • Exonerate or Vacate the Criminal sentence of Jeremiah Dewey
    My son Jeremiah was falsely charged and convicted of crimes with out any evidence. Perjury, lies, witness intimidation and tampering, violations of the Constitution, and the hand picking of Jurist were used to accomplish this. See Jeremiah Dewey is Innocent on face book for more information.
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    Created by Donald Dewey
  • AMAZON: Strike the Flags of Slavery
    Philadelphia, like so many large U.S. cities, suffers from racial division in its schools, its housing and its job market. The last thing Philadelphians or Americans–of any color–need is the dreaded Confederate battle flag, awful symbol of a time when whites treated blacks as property. And outside Philadelphia, in our suburbs and rural Pennsylvania countryside, the Confederate flag is flown, not as a sign of some mythical heritage, but as a message: Blacks Beware. This is wrong. Amazon can make a powerful stand against hate if they refuse to help market and profit from goods that broadcast racist messages.
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    Created by Michael McGettigan
  • NORTH CAROLINA POLICY MAKERS: PLEASE APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDING NEEDED TO PROVIDE NC DPS ...
    More then 90% of people incarcerated return back to our communities, many subjected to years of abusive treatment behind prison walls. People are incarcerated serve prison time as punishment for crimes against society, not to be mentally or physically abused. As a matter of Social Justice and public safety, the use of body cameras provides a method for responsible and humane oversight.
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    Created by NC-CURE
  • The Removal of all Confederate Memorials and Flags from Public Parks and Buildings
    The removal of all flags, memorials, images and statues from public parks and from public buildings.
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    Created by Michael Adam Reale
  • We want safer streets: NO Dynamic Message Sign on 24th Ave E. & E. Lee St.
    SDOT's stated reason for installing a sign in this particular location is to alert drivers of incidents between Boyer Ave E and Husky Stadium. In the case of an incident, the sign will instruct motorists to turn west onto Boyer Ave E to avoid the backup. This DMS will be the only one of it’s kind in a single-family residential neighborhood. SDOT has said that installation will run $400,000. I am concerned because: * By the time you reach 24th & E. Lee, there are very few options to avoid traffic other than cutting through our neighborhoods, causing excess traffic and safety concerns. * The sign creates a visual distraction on an already dangerous street for pedestrians and bikers. This will further endanger us as we attempt to cross the street. * SDOT has failed to engage the community on this installation. While they informed the homes that are north of the corner in December 2015, they did not reach out to homes south, east or west of the installation site. * This sign will direct vehicles, including large commercial trucks and tractor-trailers, to use Boyer Ave E. Boyer Ave E. is a narrow residential street that is a major commuting route for bicyclists. It also is the home of school and church. Time is of the essence on this issue as SDOT has stated their intention to install the sign this summer. I am requesting your help in stopping it.
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    Created by CDS
  • Tell Steve King: Refund all donations that you have received from white supremacists.
    Last week Dylann Roof -- a white supremacists from South Carolina -- murdered nine African-Americans in a historic black church in Charleston. In his “manifesto,” the domestic terrorist credits Earl Holt for helping to radicalize him against black people. Earl Holt is the president of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), a group that is regarded by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a leading authority on hate crimes, and as a white supremacist extremist organization that opposes “race mixing” as a religious affront and that vilifies blacks as an inferior race. Just recently it was revealed by the Guardian Newspaper that Republican Congressman Steve King from Iowa received donations from Earl Holt. Steve King has said a number of horrible things about immigrants and minorities over the last decade, and these statements have attracted a number of violent extremists to his campaign. Steve King must denounce Earl Holt, refund all of the money he has received from white supremacists, and pledge to never take money from such hateful people again.
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    Created by Matthew Hildreth
  • Now Is the Time!
    To see a murderer use the Confederate flag as his symbol of hatred and to know that same symbol flies on our State House grounds is unacceptable. I am tired of the bigotry and hatred associated with that flag. No matter what the flag might have meant, the entire country now associates it with the sort of bigotry that just cost our state nine innocent lives. It is time for our politicians to do the honorable thing, to show their concern through actions! Think what a message of love that would send to our country about SC.
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    Created by Joy Pilkington
  • War on Racism
    Our country needs to confront institutional racism and White privilege NOW. "And we will remain a staunch ally in the movement for Black lives—working to tear down racism in all its ugly manifestations and build a nation free of violence and oppression based on the color of one’s skin." (Anna Galland, Executive Director, Move0n.org, Civic Action)
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    Created by Pamela Etre-Perez
  • Stop allowing bottled water manufacturers from draining California's water
    No one is looking at the truth. Bottling water is wasteful and drains our most precious resource, and the corporations don't care as long as they make money. Our fish are dying and our crops are in trouble. It's time to regulate the bottled water industry.
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    Created by Melanie Snider
  • Tell the Portland City Council: Save GA for Asylum Seekers!
    Last year, Governor LePage singled out asylum seekers when he unilaterally denied General Assistance (GA) from legal, non-citizens. Why? Well, he called them “able-bodied.” And, he’s right. Legal, non-citizens and asylum seekers are as eager as anyone else to work and start their lives as New Mainers. But because asylum seekers are prohibited by federal law from working for the first six months they’re in the United States, they need help from programs like GA to help meet their basic needs like food, rent, and clothing. GA is a voucher program--meaning no cash is distributed. It’s a program run by municipalities but funded mostly with state dollars. Recently, a Maine court ruled that the state was legally allowed to withhold state funding. Where does that leave Maine’s newest residents? Right here in Portland, it means there are hundreds of people who will be without housing and food. Paul LePage has given up on our asylum seeking neighbors -- but we can't. We have a second chance. This Wednesday, Portland’s City Council will have an opportunity to fully fund GA for asylum seekers in the city budget.
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    Created by Portland Save GA