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We demand accurate, unbiased coverage of the president's executive action on immigrationOn Thursday, the President announced a long-awaited executive action that will take steps towards fixing our broken immigration system. Eligibility for the executive action is limited to immigrants with roots in and family ties to the United States—specifically, undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for at least the past five years and also are parents of U.S. citizens or green card holders. This action is a step in the right direction, and it's critical that the media takes a fair and balanced approach in their coverage. Showing inflammatory footage that perpetuates harmful stereotypes will do nothing to advance the current story, and will only feed right-wing fear-mongering on the issue. President Obama's action is about hard working people who having been living and working in the United States for years. To portray them in simple stereo types is dishonest. Its critical that the major television networks take a fair and balanced approach to covering this issue by featuring real stories of those most impacted.1,448 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Matt Hildreth
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We demand accurate, unbiased coverage of the president's executive action on immigrationOn Thursday, the president announced a long-awaited executive action that will take steps towards fixing our broken immigration system. Eligibility for the executive action is limited to immigrants with roots and family ties to the United States -- specifically, undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for at least the past five years and also are parents or spouses of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. This action is a step in the right direction, and it's critical that the media takes a fair and balanced approach in their coverage. Showing inflammatory footage that perpetuates harmful stereotypes and portrays immigrants as criminals will do nothing to advance the current story, and will only feed right-wing fear-mongering on the issue. That's why it's critical that the major television networks take a fair and balanced approach to covering this issue by featuring real stories of those most impacted.3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Matt Hildreth
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Join me in thanking President Obama for doing the right thing on immigrationMy husband, Cesar Chavez, and I decided to move back to Delano to begin organizing the United Farm Workers in 1962. Thousands came to work with our movement once the Delano Grape Strike started in 1965, 50 years ago in 2015. Millions of good people in North America supported us by boycotting grapes and other products. All these years, I chose to stay in the background. I walked picket lines, managed our credit union and cared for our eight children. Cesar respected my privacy. I never spoke in public or talked with reporters. Unlike my husband, I never got very involved in politics until October 2012, when President Obama came to dedicate the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument at the Tehachapi Mountain town of Keene, CA. That’s where Cesar lived and worked his last quarter century, and where he is buried. As we walked away from paying respects at my husband’s gravesite, with the President holding my arm, I asked, “Mr. President, will you promise you will do something on immigration reform?” “Yes, Mrs. Chavez, I promise I will,” he said. Today, President Obama kept his promise to me and to the American people by using his power to help many of the immigrants who toil in our fields, make beds, clean rooms, cook meals, work in construction and manufacturing, and care for our young and elderly. They serve our country in the military. I’ve known the farm workers all my life. Like other immigrants, they take jobs most other Americans won’t take for pay most other Americans won’t accept and under conditions most other Americans won’t tolerate. Big parts of our economy can’t survive without immigrants. All President Obama did is what President Reagan and President George H.W. Bush did, letting some immigrants stay and work here. Most of the immigrants who qualify have been in this country for some time. They have clean records. What the President did is just temporary and it is only after the Republicans in the House of Representatives repeatedly refused to pass a bipartisan bill that already passed the U.S. Senate. President Obama did the right thing on immigration. Please join me in thanking him for his leadership. At the same time, we should urge Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform that will solve this problem once and for all.106,096 of 200,000 SignaturesCreated by Helen F. Chavez, widow of Cesar Chavez
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Support an elected School Board in Chicago, IllinoisTo garner support for an elected school board14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Joseph Laiacona
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$1 Billion for Clean Energy InventionsThe Gallery of Clean Energy Inventions includes 41 generators, 16 advanced self-powered electric vehicle innovations, 25 radioactivity neutralization methods, 22 space travel innovations, 10 technical solutions to water shortages, and torsion field school network. See https://app.box.com/CLEANENERGYEXHIBIT. $1 billion would establish a comprehensive proactive clean energy inventions evaluation and development organization headquartered in Nevada. Clean energy inventions would be much cheaper, healthier and better for our environment than obsolete energy sources like solar, wind, uranium, and fossil fuels. For example the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar thermal generator near Las Vegas is inefficient and kills 28,000 birds a year!68 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Gary Vesperman
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Reform Prop. 13/Educate Our StateCalifornia is one of the largest economies in the world, yet our public education system had been radically defunded over the last two decades. We are at the point where the UC system, once the jewel of California's public education system, is reliant on out-of-state tuition. California ranks 47th out of 50 in national per pupil funding of K-12 students. Prop. 13 has severely decreased funding for public education. Corporate entities use artificially low tax rates to increase their profits. That was not the intention of Prop. 13. The costs of goods and services rise over time. Corporate landlords should pay market rate property taxes so they can contribute their fair share to public education. We all rely on public education to produce the next generation of entrepreneurs, doctors, nurses and engineers. Let's educate the next generation. Reform Prop. 13.43 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Kate Haug
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Councilmember Tommy Wells- Mark up Bill 20-107 to Criminalize Elder Financial Exploitation by Use...Elder financial abuse/exploitation is becoming the crime of the 21st century as the growing senior population is increasingly targeted. Elder financial abuse/exploitation by use of "undue influence" must be criminalized in the District of Columbia. DC Councilmember Marion Barry introduced Bill 20-107, "Charles and Hilda Mason Elder Abuse Clarification and Expansion Act of 2013." The Bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee chaired by DC Councilmember Tommy Wells in February 2013. Councilmember Wells is letting Bill 20-107 die in the Judiciary Committee instead of marking it up to criminalize elder financial exploitation by use of "undue influence," as 14 other states do, and reporting the Bill mark-up out of the Judiciary Committee to the Committee of the Whole for an up or down vote before the CY '2014 legislative year ends on 12/23/14. "It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." Hubert H. Humphrey104 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Carolyn Dungee Nicholas MPA
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Freedom from the NSAMy freedom is in jeopardy because of my government that is meant to protect and preserve my rights. I demand a bright future for my kids and their kids and so on, and the NSA is one step closer to tyranny. I am concerned for the future of our nation.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Zachary Edwards
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Protect and Preserve the Historic Huntington Park Warner TheatreTo preserve the historic art deco features of this beautiful palace and to extend and/or ensure the Historic Ordinance and provisions preserve the original features of the interior from being altered and/or removed. Architect: B. Marcus Priteca, who also designed the Pantages (later Warner) downtown, the Warner Beverly Hills, the Warner Grand in San Pedro and the Pantages in Hollywood. Priteca was a Seattle based architect who designed hundreds of theatres all over the country. -Los Angeles Movie Palaces Built in 1930, this was the first of three theatre designs Priteca executed for the Warner Brothers chain. -Pacific Coast Architecture Database at the Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington, Seattle995 of 1,000 SignaturesCreated by Jason Vega
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WSSU Provides: Two Additional Ram Shuttles For Students, Commuters, and EmployeeI, LB, Nonresidential Students, Residential Students, Commuters, and Employees' who attend, work and value their time serving here at WSSU should be your top priority in providing commuter service. This service should be available every 20 minutes on every hour Ram Shuttle Service to and from the WS downtown center.17 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Lawrence L Bridget
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MAKE HISTORY! HELP ILLINOIS RATIFY THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENTEvery constitution written since the end of WWII includes a provision that men and women are equal citizens. The U.S. Constitution has no such provision. Attempts over more than 200 years have been unsuccessful. Equality is long overdue - in the workplace and in institutions throughout our society. This is a civil rights issue. Pass the ERA for your own sake, for your mothers, your wives, your daughters, your sisters! Help us make Illinois the 36th state to ratify the ERA. Tell the Illinois House of Representatives to vote "YES" now, during veto session.85 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Maureen Headington
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Please fire Southeast Bullitt County Fire Chief Julius HatfieldHe said he will not help n******s. You should not have a person of his character working for your county.1 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Gaynielle Neville