This year's flu season is off to a dangerous start: Forty-three states have already reported widespread flu-like activity and the total number of childhood fatalities during this year’s flu season has already reached a tragic 21. The flu is spreading, but we're missing one of our most important tools to fight the flu: Paid sick days! Urge your members of Congress to help combat the spread of the flu by supporting paid sick days. Sign on to MomsRising's message and this open letter, which we'll deliver to our Congressional representatives. ____________________________________________ Dear Member of Congress, When nearly 40 million Americans, including 80% of low-wage workers, lack even a single paid sick day, it's a serious problem for the health of our families and for the health of our economy. We’re in the middle of a flu epidemic and paid sick days are one of our best tools to fight the flu, but far too many people can't earn a single one. Paychecks are precious for working families and for our economy. Yet without paid sick days, many parents have to go to work sick or send their children to school sick. In fact, our lack of a national paid sick days policy is fueling the flu epidemic. Now more than ever, we must ensure that all workers, including those serving our food and caring for our children, have paid sick days to protect our families, our businesses, and our economy. I urge you to take the next step by supporting paid sick days at the national level so all families can thrive.

50% of all children will be Autistic in 10 years! Please help in signing this Petition to Expose the pesticide effect on our society and our children. Tell your politicians we need reform and immediate action! I have a 9 month old baby girl and fear having another child due to the rising incidence of autism. My nephew is autistic. The numbers have dramatically increased and can no longer be ignored. The government is not spending the money for research needed. More and more private research points to the governmental agencies avoiding proper testing due to costs involved in fixing the issues. Today's support structure relies on charitable donations and begging for help.

While a host of governors and state attorneys general have paired up to try and undo President Obama’s new immigration program that will grant temporary legal status to millions of hard-working immigrants, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has been an exception. So far he’s refused to join in on this anti-immigrant lawsuit, saying “I am concerned that a partisan lawsuit adds to the divisiveness that has prevented meaningful immigration reform in the first place." This new immigration program is a win for the state and North Carolina’s families. It would protect thousands of North Carolina's immigrants from deportation, and pump millions in new revenue into state’s economy. But the state’s governor, Pat McCrory, has a long history of going after immigrants. He’s part of the lawsuit to stop the President’s plan, and now he’s even publicly scolded Attorney General Cooper (a Democrat) for refusing to join in on the attack on North Carolina’s immigrants. This is partisan politics, plain and simple. Attorney General Cooper is on the right side of history here and he should stay strong against pressure from the McCrory Administration to give in. Immigrants are a part of North Carolina’s fabric and economy, and they deserve a way to become documented residents, not shunned and set up for deportation.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has introduced legislation that would cut off U.S. aid to the Palestinians unless they withdraw their application to join the International Criminal Court. Whatever one thinks of the ICC, or the Palestinian decision to join it, it is the right of every state recognized by the UN General Assembly – as Palestine is – to join the International Criminal Court if they choose to do so. The right of the Palestinians to join the ICC has been recognized by the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Urge Senator Paul to accept the Palestinians’ right to join the ICC, by signing our petition. References: 1. “Senator introduces bill to cut aid to Palestinians,” Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, January 7, 2015, http://news.yahoo.com/senator-introduces-bill-cut-aid-palestinians-165949896--politics.html 2. “Palestinians will join the International Criminal Court in April, UN confirms,” Robert Tait, Telegraph (UK), January 7 2015, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/11331615/Palestinians-will-join-the-International-Criminal-Court-in-April-UN-confirms.html

I choose to no longer take a quiet approach to the obvious deceiving and manipulating manor in which Suddenlink Communications conducts its business.

hI feel called upon to help preserve democracy and US constitution. in this case specially my own life and all that I had is in eminent danger, watching how, political beggaring and selfish conducts of politicians and senior officials of this country is destroying the constitution of the US, which is going to lead to a very disastrous claps and decline of this country domestically as well as world wide is polling and hard to stand still and watch. US is very influential in forming of the world politics and we need it to remain one of the monopoles of power in the world to have balance of power, which helps world piece. please sign my petition and help me out of this open prison.

Kishwaukee's faculty is dedicated to the students it serves and expects the School's administration to demonstrate its dedication by ending the games and bargaining in good faith. The administration has pushed half-truths and misinformation to the public regarding the talks and threatened faculty with arrests for attempting to pass along information to students. We demand the Board and Administration roll up their sleeves and hammer out a deal that is fair to faculty and the students they serve. More information -----> http://ow.ly/H0Cop

In 2013 Maine lost 176 people to drug overdoses. This is roughly one person every other day. This is due in part to a surge in heroin use, causing overdose deaths from heroin to rise over 400% during 2013. Last year the legislature passed important measures to curb this frightening trend. But it’s not enough. This year the Legislature and the Governor’s office will be considering common sense policies that will curb the meteoric rise in overdose deaths. These policies will enhance access to emergency medical services and Naloxone, a medication that temporarily reverses an overdose. Tell the Governor and the Legislature that we have to do MORE to address this public health emergency. Tell them that a death every other day is not good enough. Tell them to support Good Samaritan provisions and enhancing access to Naloxone!!! These policies will help save lives, reducing the number of avoidable deaths due to drug overdose each year and preserving our youth, our veterans and other populations that tend to be tragically impacted by drug use and overdose. An Act To Prevent Drug Overdose Deaths By Enhancing Access to Naloxone Hydrochloride: Naloxone is what is called an opioid antagonist. It has no other use than to counteract the effects of an overdose. It produces no high, has no street value and no effect on an individual unless they have opioids in their system. What's more, studies have found that its distribution has no impact on rates of substance abuse - it does NOT increase how many people are abusing drugs. LD 1047 would enhance access to Naloxone by decreasing barriers to getting, using and dispensing this overdose remedy. Allowing for access through non-medical settings would make sure that this life-saving medication was in the right place at the right time. An Act Providing a Good Samaritan Defense To Individuals Reporting A Drug Overdose: Good Samaritan provisions have been passed throughout the U.S. to ensure that people feel safe calling for emergency medical assistance in the event of a drug overdose. In many situations people afraid of being reported to law enforcement due to drug use or possession avoid seeking medical help, increasing the risk of a fatal drug overdose. By providing limited protections for those seeking medical assistance this bill would ensure that people are not punished for attempting to save a life, and are not afraid to ask for help. The difference between life and death can be as much as a few minutes. Every minute wasted could be a life lost. Tell the Governor and the Legislature that we do not want to lose any more lives to drugs. Tell them to support An Act To Prevent Drug Overdose Deaths By Enhancing Access to Naloxone Hydrochloride AND An Act Providing a Good Samaritan Defense To Individuals Reporting A Drug Overdose.

To gain the support of U.S. Solicitor General and have U.S. Supreme Court hear case 14-7455: Three white Columbia, Missouri, police officers yelled "Don't move!", "Hands up!" and "It's not worth it!", interrupting the music on a sunny October day as Josh Williams and Phillip Porter were sitting in a city park, preparing to lawfully have a beer. Phillip noticed that the police guns were pointed at their heads just before the police commands were made to these two black men sitting in a car and listening to music, and they slowly raised his hands in surrender. The shouting initially caused Josh to reach for the radio to turn the volume down, until he realized that his imminent execution was possible. The police then forcibly removed the pair, searched and handcuffed them, and after Josh admitted he lawfully had a gun in the glove compartment, he was also told he was "under arrest." The vehicle was completely searched and their beer destroyed. After an hour Josh's gun was returned, and they were released. The lower federal 8th Circuit Courts said not an arrest and no violation of Josh & Phillip's rights, ignoring on-point Supreme Court precedent. See my Huffington Post Blog for more info. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-wyse/how-americas-legal-system_b_6269376.html

The Integrative Dry Needling Institute, LLC is currently marketing a course titled “IDN Foundation Course”, to be held on March 20-22, 2015 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. This three-day course marketed toward physical therapists includes needling demonstrations by a physical therapist who does not hold an acupuncture license. The course will be held at Elliott Physical Therapy in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Per Elliott’s website there are no licensed acupuncturists on staff, only physical therapists. We petition the COA to regulate the safe practice of acupuncture in Massachusetts. Take action now and send a cease and desist to the Integrative Dry Needling Institute, LLC 7051 Navajo Trail Solon, OH 44139 to stop this course.

Georgia laws that went into effect last year prevent rescues from having any involvement with stray pets. This means that animals will have to wait on animal control officers to impound them, which is not always the same day. This is detrimental in the event an animal needs medical care or safety from elements or a situation. Background: https://www.facebook.com/notes/lisa-scarbrough/someone-has-to-help-them/10152645115172029

For the past 6 years I have been in the battle of my life to save my childhood home. Since 2008, my mother has been threatened with foreclosure and eviction by Wells Fargo while at the same time saying they would work with us to modify her loan. This is called dual tracking, and it’s illegal. The court has already thrown out their case for eviction and now we need Wells Fargo to reverse the foreclosure so that my family can have the chance to save the house that we love.