The Gulf oil spill should shame a one-brain-celled Republican corporate stooge into seeing that enough is enough, but apparently this president, a smart and decent soul but still a politician, needs to be reminded that Shell, or any other fossil fuel pirate, will never be prepared to insure that the Shuksi will be safe. Deep sea oil drilling is a recurring nightmare, Mr President. Do your job.

Robert Reich has got it right. Tell Congress and the 2016 presidential candidates they need to stand up to Wall Street to make the economy work better for the rest of us. Reforming the financial system is one of the central issues facing our country, and we cannot allow big-money donors to hijack our democracy and continue to rig the game in favor of the .1%. Every lawmaker and candidate for president should take a clear stand on taming Wall Street and working for a fairer and safer financial system. It's going to take all of us to make sure they do. Please join this call for action so these issues get the attention they deserve.

My wife and I in retirement are frequent users of Michigan's fast-deteriorating roads and strongly feel that our Governor and Legislature need to assume responsibility for adequately funding infrastructure maintenance & repair.

Michigan Republicans recently unveiled a plan to fix roads in the state by taxing Michigan residents that can least afford it. Their plan proposes to raise $117 million in road funding by eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provides the working poor with a tax refund. The EITC is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the country, and it's a critical lifeline for many of Michigan's poorest families.

It is Illegal for a SOVEREIGN NATIONAL NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL MEMBER TO BE A CITIZEN SLAVE SURVEILLANCE NUMBER, IT IS ILLEGAL IN ALL 50 States to make contracts with minors, application SS 5 for a social security number that will NEVER belong to them but will make them a ward of state and put them under admiralty/maritime JURISDICTION.

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.