I Live in North Bergen, NJ and worked in the school system there for a couple of years. The entire town is corrupted from town hall to the board of Education via the Department of Public works and the Police Department. I've been contacting the FBI, the white house etc... since 2011 and it's been going on for over 20 year, everybody is scared, we need help! I started speaking publicly about the situation 4 weeks ago and since then have found hundreds of supporters from teachers, school staff, the residents, students and even the police. But they all tell me the same thing, they are scared of retaliation if they support the change we ask for publicly. That's why I created a petition to The New Jersey State House, Governor Chris Christie, The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama, which says: "North Bergen has turned into a corrupt system where everything is set in such a way that democracy has been annihilated as well as the principles supported by our constitution. Please help bring democracy back to North Bergen and clean up the administration from the townhall to the Board of Education! " Will you sign my petition? Click here to add your name: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/bring-democracy-back-1?source=c.fwd&r_by=13094342 Thanks you all for your support! Sarah

It is time for insurance companies to do what they are supposed to do--insure for unexpected health care costs and pay for them. Affordable care needs to mean that a consumer of health care can know for certain what a test, procedure, hospital stay, or surgery will cost, before committing to pay. I have had the experience of being told that a procedure was authorized and covered by my health insurance, only to get a bill for a doctor who wandered in to consult who was out of my network, but I had to pay. Everyone I know has had this experience. It is time to put the onus on health insurance companies to keep services in network and tell consumers what the bill will be before the charges are incurred.

We must help women of domestic violence avoid being murdered by their spouse or their significant other.

The purpose of the proposed residency law bill is to block out-of-town students attending New Hampshire universities from voting in their college town. This would force students to use complicated and costly absentee ballots. Don't let a segment of our citizens be denied the right to vote.

Texas taxpayers pay $21,390 a year per prisoner. If a parole officer can have a case load of 60, that would save the state $1,262,010 each year times 67 Parole Offices times the number of parole officers in each office. Do the math. Save our money or spend it more wisely.

Dr. McCreary works for families for Excellent Schools, an organization that is extremely active in the privatization of public education. Families for Excellent Schools has set records in money spent lobbying the New York state legislature, and launched a $3.6 million dollar ad campaign against the Mayor of New York City for his asking that 3 charter schools pay rent for using public property. The organization is ruthless and artificial. They are far more interested in privatizing education than they are in public education. There is no place for Dr. McCreary in BPS. She needs to be removed from Dr. Changs' cabinet immediately. For TONS more background information about this petition, please copy and paste this link into a new browser tab http://bit.ly/1EQ4gTO

I am a Viet-Nam Era veteran (voluntary), a scientist and college instructor, and a grandfather. It is unthinkable that the efforts and sacrifices of my generation will be misdirected away from threats that will encompass us all.

The new appointee for Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health has had prior improper actions soliciting complaints against our local beloved doctor who treats Lyme disease. Her actions violated Rhode Island state law and also the code of confidentiality of the Department of Health. We urge the governor to find a new appointee who believes in proper treatment of Lyme disease! Your constituents are suffering! Please hear us.

I feel strongly that we need to do as much as we can to protect victims of domestic abuse from becoming murder victims, as well. We read all too often of entire families being murdered before the abuser commits suicide.

Last month, a 10-year-old girl in Paraguay arrived at a local hospital complaining of a stomachache. Tests revealed she was 21 weeks pregnant, the result of her stepfather raping her. Paraguay’s draconian abortion laws only allow for an abortion when the mother’s life is in danger. But even though the risks are building for this 10-year-old girl each day, so far government officials are refusing her access to an abortion that would protect her health. Forcing this young girl to carry the emotional and physical trauma of this pregnancy is tantamount to torture. Please, ask Paraguay’s Health Minister Dr. Antonio Barrios to allow this 10-year-old access to an abortion immediately, before it’s too late.

We want healthcare coverage for all California residents. SB 04 would amend current Covered CA regulations and allow undocumented residents of the state to purchase their own health care plans in the Covered CA insurance exchange. It would also stop unjust taxation of these undocumented residents for not having health care coverage; health care coverage they currently cannot purchase under current Covered CA regulations.

On Wednesday, May 20th, California will decide whether to increase funding for disability services or ignore the pleas of people with disabilities and their service providers. Liz Grigsby, like many people with disabilities, wants to keep living in her own home. Without adequate funding, people like her can end up isolated in an institution. Liz wants people to know that "We have a right to live in the community just like everyone else." Tell Governor Brown to approve the rate increase!