The election of Cory Gardner this year was a tough loss that progressives must now live with. But we won’t sit quietly while Gardner casually disregards the promises he made to Colorado on the campaign trail. Colorado still deserves better--and we will continue to demand better from Gardner as Colorado’s next U.S. Senator.

The positive effects of the principles of Community Policing have proved a powerful principle in defusing potentially deadly encounters between police and citizens, and fostering positive relationships between police and citizens. More importantly the concept reminds us all of how the simplest and subtlest aspects of our behavior can have profound negative or positive effects. Oftentimes these are not easily measurable or teachable, but this should not deter us, or our town governments, from aggressively pursuing initiation of this training and adopting this policy as an overall guiding principle for all departments.

I almost fell off my bike while biking to class after dark. The bumps are angular and do not accommodate road bikes or mountain bikes to pass over them without tire damage. There are other alternatives that would make the path more accessible for wheelchairs and safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

The killing of my sister LINDA BROWN!

This petition was started to express grievance for the lack of indictment of the officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner by choke-hold and prevent the occurrence of similar situations.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act states that a provider's "religious reasons" could prevent a person in need from receiving medical help, housing, or a driver's license. This Act is discriminatory and unkind. We, the people of Michigan who have signed this petition, do not support this Act.

This is an insidious and egregious type of theft that especially harms the poor. Such a system incentives arresting and criminalizing people for no reason but profit. This is part of a disturbing pattern of a privatized corrections industry and our city and county should have no partnerships with companies that profit from arresting people. http://www.numifinancial.com/ https://securustech.net/ (primary contractor that brought in Numi to Portland)

Yes, some members of our family and close friends have been affected by this. This is a regular conversational issue in many meetings of our ethnic group.

Graduate employees at the University of Oregon have been bargaining for a year. These graduate students, employed by the school as research assistants and teaching fellows, are asking for paid sick leave and parental leave. At a time when Oregon is expanding access to basic workplace fairness like paid sick days, the University of Oregon should be a leader. Instead, it’s fighting to deny graduate employees these basic rights. The graduate employees have been on strike since Tuesday, Dec. 2. Tell the university that you stand with these workers, and demand the university expand paid sick and parental leave to graduate employees.

My 37-year-old son, who was 7 months away from graduation as a radiology technician, was hit head on and killed by a 91-year-old who was driving the wrong way on I-26 in Hendersonville, NC in October. The state had recently renewed his driver's license and this should never have happened. I want no one else to experience the pain we are going through right now.

A New York City Grand Jury tragically refused to indict Eric Garner's killer — NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo. In a horrifying video capturing the brutal killing, Garner can be seen screaming out in pain, "I can't breathe. I can't breathe," as he is strangled to death. If you've had enough of the NYPD's brutal killings and abuse of Black and brown New Yorkers, join us in demanding Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama set a higher standard of policing in New York City and across the nation. Call on A.G. Eric Holder and President Obama to do everything in their power to indict Officer Pantaleo on federal criminal charges and conduct a full and thorough investigation into the discriminatory NYPD policies and practices that lead to these tragic but avoidable killings time and time again.

Dear Mrs. Toomey, We the parents of students at P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach Elementary in Brooklyn NY petition that the school's playground be re-opened to student after school hours. The benefits of re-opening the playground to students after school are enormous: an important step to combat obesity and promote fitness in children would be for our school to leave outdoor playground open. Playground also promotes social skills and friendships in children. Our children look forward every day to playing in the school's playground. We ask that you kindly re-open it.