My child has Down syndrome and it is very upsetting to see the entertainment industry use our children in jokes to humiliate them and make them look less human. This allows special needs children and adults to be bullied and victimized by those around them because if it is okay for TV comedians, actors and movies to do so then it is okay to do it to them in school, work or where they live and play. I don't want my child and anybody else's child to be victims of bullying and hate crimes because they are different. Please sign my petition to make this a hate crime, it shouldn't be allowed because it is the right thing to do. People should not gain money by making fun of those that can't fight back.

Cause I'm African American & we deserve a check not the stuff they are trying to give us. African Americans need real action & this will change the game. Thanks Obama.

Because Joy Reid's show deserves not to be cancelled. She is one of the best at MSNBC and they will lose a large viewership without her.

Badgerwood LLC submitted an application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to operate a 26,000 hog factory farm in Eileen Township. The proposed factory farm is sited in the Fish Creek Watershed, a watershed that contains outstanding, exceptional resource waters and is less than 8 miles upstream from Lake Superior. The Ashland Municipal Water Utility, tasked with providing clean drinking water to City of Ashland residents, is 3 nautical miles from the junction of Fish Creek and Lake Superior. Given the quantity of manure that the proposed CAFO will produce and the self-regulating nature of the CAFO industry, it's likely that Fish Creek, the Chequamegon Bay and Lake Superior will see increased nutrients, pathogens and agricultural run-off in the water. A complete EIS will include the following information: NR 150 (2) EIS Content (a) A description of the proposed project that includes all the following: 1. Project location. 2. Type of facilities. 3. Time schedules. 4. Maps and diagrams. 5. Other information that the department deems necessary. (b) A description of the purpose and need of the proposed project. (c) A list of known state, federal, tribal, and local approvals required for the proposed project. (d) A summary of the process used to identify major issues and the issues identified for detailed analysis. (e) A list of reasonable alternatives to the proposed project, particularly those that might avoid all or some of the adverse environmental effects of the project, including a description of proposed preventive and mitigating measures and an explanation of the criteria used to discard certain alternatives from additional study. (f) A description of the human environment that will likely be affected by the proposed project and alternatives to the proposed project. (g) An evaluation of the probable positive and negative direct, secondary and cumulative effects of the proposed project, and alternatives to the proposed project, on the human environment, including all the following: 1. Effects on scarce resources such as: archeological, historic or cultural resources, scenic and recreational resources, prime farm lands, threatened or endangered species, and ecologically critical areas. 2. A summary of the adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided. 3. Consistency with plans or policies of local, state, federal, or tribal governments. 4. The relationship between short-term uses of the environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and any irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources. 5. The potential to establish a precedent for future actions or to foreclose future options. 6. The degree of risk or uncertainty in predicting environmental effects or effectively controlling potential deleterious environmental impacts, including those relating to public health or safety. 7. The degree of controversy over the effects on the quality of the human environment. (h) Identification of information that is incomplete or unavailable and a description of the relevance of such information. (i) Sources of information or verbiage.

**By taking the pledge you are entered into a RAFFLE** When: Thursday (4/16) @ 12pm Where: BU West Mall (before the Trash Audit) Prizes: Prize Package from Dining Services & 4 Tickets to Indianapolis Indians' game (4/17) ***MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN & MUST HAVE VALID ID*** We would like to reduce food waste by students on Butler University's campus. By getting students to pledge to reduce their personal waste we hope that they will be more conscious of their personal environmental impact.

We as a nation must seek some accounting of the crimes that have been committed in the mistaken belief that our leaders knew how to protect our nation's security with vile acts and unprincipled torture perpetrated on unarmed and often innocent men.

Money has corrupted our political system. Both major parties have been corrupted. Public financing of elections must be available as an option to qualified individuals who want to run for office without becoming indebted to special interests.

If Comcast merges with Time Warner cable, Comcast will gain unprecedented power over our country’s cable and Internet market -- resulting in higher prices, fewer choices, worse customer service and control over the information we read, watch, and hear. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and CA Attorney General Kamala Harris have the power to block this disastrous merger. But they must hear from concerned citizens like you RIGHT NOW to let them know that we do NOT want the corporate giant Comcast to have a monopoly over us. If we can stop the merger in California, Comcast’s national domination plan could be over. Without California’s biggest markets, the cable giant would most likely walk away from the whole deal. So let's make sure the CPUC and Attorney General hear us loud and clear! JOIN US & SIGN TODAY!

If Comcast merges with Time Warner cable, Comcast will gain unprecedented power over our country’s cable and internet market -- resulting in higher prices, fewer choices, worse customer service and control over the information we read, watch, and hear. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and CA Attorney General Kamala Harris have the power to block this disastrous merger. But they must hear from concerned citizens like you RIGHT NOW to let them know that we do NOT want the corporate giant Comcast to have a monopoly over us. If we can stop the merger in California, Comcast’s national domination plan could be over. Without California’s biggest markets, the cable giant would most likely walk away from the whole deal!

Winning the House and Senate at the national level will become impossible if the Koch Brothers control everything at the local level. They are invading high schools, colleges, boards of education and state houses all over the country. This hostile takeover of America by right wing extremists must stop.

Thousands of undocumented immigrant families in Florida will soon have a chance to be a part of the American Dream--but Attorney General Pam Bondi is determined to get in the way. With Republicans in Congress failing to pass immigration reform, President Obama was forced to act on his own. Now immigrant families will soon have a chance to come forward and register, get permits to work legally and contribute to our system, and finally get a chance to live without the daily fear of deportation. But rather than embracing immigrants, AG Bondi joined in a partisan lawsuit against the federal government over the President’s program. Most legal experts agree that this lawsuit is a political stunt and has no legal standing. It’s nothing more than a mean-spirited attack on Florida immigrants and their families. Immigrants are a part of the Florida community and deserve a chance to work hard, contribute, and be together. Tell AG Bondi to drop Florida’s name from this partisan lawsuit, stop attacking our state’s immigrant families, and be on the right side of history.

“Just-in-time” scheduling, as it’s known, can wreak havoc on the lives of working people and their families. When shifts are scheduled with little advance notice and canceled at the last minute, it’s hard to imagine having any financial security. And when workers don’t have predictable schedules and are expected to work any time they’re called, it’s hard to make plans to take care of your family or find additional work, if necessary. State lawmakers in California have introduced Assembly Bill 357, the "Fair Scheduling Act" and we need them to act now to protect all California workers.