At Make It Work, we don't think anyone who works full time should have to struggle to put food on the table or pay the bills. Yet, that's reality for millions of Americans today. The minimum wage just hasn’t kept up with the times -- and that means far too many hard workers from all walks of life are unable to make ends meet. Election Day is right around the corner. There’s no better time to send a message to candidates that if they want our votes, they need to show they’ll fight to make this country a fairer place to live and work for ALL of us. The bottom line? If politicians want to talk “family values,” it’s time they valued working families -- and recognizing that everyone deserves a living wage would be a good first step. We won’t wait another two years to be heard. Together, we can change the conversation, but we need as many voices as possible to join in. Add your name to support raising the minimum wage today.

The Watuaga Voting Rights Task Force just won a legal battle demanding an early voting location at Appalachian State University, after attempts had been made to deny students easy to the polls by removing the school's polling place. The judge demanded that a voting location be put back on campus, but he didn't say where. Now the state board will get to choose at where on campus, it will locate the early voting site. There is a very real fear that Republican board members will attempt to put the polling location in one of several obscure and hard-to-reach spots "on campus," instead of at the state-of-the-art facility that underwent renovations in 2012 to further accommodate voters. It's clear that the Republicans in power in North Carolina have tried time and time again to suppress the votes of Appalachian State's 17,000 students--who have overwhelmingly voted for progressives in past years. The attempts to suppress our votes have been seen around the country, even making it onto "The Rachel Maddow Show" last year. By refusing to allow students to vote in the Student Union, as thousands did in 2012, they continue to make their intentions clear: They don't want students to vote. For accessibility, tradition, and convenience, we are seeking an early voting site at the Appalachian State Student Union. Please stand up and support me and my fellow classmates as we fight for our right to participate in our democracy and vote!

I have a brother who was given 50 yrs for aggravated assault, that was never proven he did. He was a business owner with no previous background history. Injustice like that has to stop.

It is heart breaking to see that so many lives are lost for no reason. The fact that most of the time the police who commit these murders for no legitimate reason go unpunished makes these murders even worse.

The residents-maintained parking lot on Gay Street in Manayunk that has provided much needed parking for the neighborhood for nearly 30 years is at risk of being sold to make way for more un-needed houses. At least 35 more cars will be added to the already overly glutted parking situation in Manayunk.

Last month many of us, especially those of us in the trans* community, spoke up and complained about Facebook suspending and locking out many Drag Queens and Kings from their Facebook accounts. This caused a huge inconvenience as these were the pages that these performers needed and used to promote themselves and their acts. In a like fashion I used my 'middle name" on my Facebook page to promote my not-for- profit which designed to benefit the entire LBGTQ community as well as anyone who is struggling. Last Monday I found my page suspended and I was locked out. Personally this was not a huge deal as I have not had the time or money to work on my non-profit. However as that has been my name for several years now, it did cause many of my friends to wonder if they did have the correct Sheri "AmericanRainbow" Proctor. Now we find out that Facebook is also using this policy to suspend and lockout trans* people in the Middle East, specifically Saudi Arabia, forcing these people to prove that the name they are using is their real name! This is in direct conflict with Facebook's "Authentic Name" stated in their terms of service. Facebook needs to know and understand that outing trans* people all over the world will far too often lead to their murder. Especially in parts of the world where this could come from the local or regional government! http://planettransgender.com/saudi-arabian-transgender-woman-leena-newest-victim-of-facebooks-name-policy/

To ensure the health and safety of the citizens of the United States and stop the Ebola pandemic at its SOURCE.

Public officials should be mandated to accept a public debate during an election year. Debates allow for many issues to be discussed. It is an opportunity for the public to see, hear and learn about real issues facing their government and communities. To have our Governor reject a public debate is a shameful act of defiance that must be corrected.

The wetlands adjacent to South Pond serve as one of the last remaining habitats of the critically imperiled Dukes’ Skipper butterfly. These wetlands are threatened by a plan that would plop 73 McMansions, built by billionaire developer William Pulte, onto a newly deforested plateau adjacent to the wetlands. The effluent from their massive, chemically treated lawns, would discharge into the wetlands only feet from where the Skipper has been sighted. In order to gain access to the planned development, the developer has applied to the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for a permit to build a road through the wetlands. The City of Ann Arbor’s Natural Areas Preservation (NAP) remains opposed to this road because in part because “The proposed road would be built very close to areas where rare plant and animal species have been documented, including Euphyes dukesi (Duke’s skipper), which is state-threatened and legally protected, and Carex trichocarpa (Hairy-fruited sedge), which is a species of special concern Michigan. It is likely that construction activities so close to the wetland will have negative impacts on these species and their of its impact on these sensitive wetlands.” The developer has applied for the wetlands permit even though a reasonable and prudent alternative, which has no direct impact to the wetlands, exists. This alternative, which provides better access to the development, has been vetted by the City of Ann Arbor Planning Staff and has been recommended for approval. We call on the MDEQ to refuse to grant this permit simply because a reasonable and prudent to this wetlands destruction exists. We also call on the developer to abandon this destructive plan and donate the wetlands and surrounding land to the Ann Arbor Parks Dept. as the developer had originally proposed. See southpondnature.org for more information and beautiful pictures of the area. Please help a tiny butterfly fend off a big developer and sign our petition. Thanks!

Delisting the redbelly has significance far beyond a single species… More important is the precedence of the corrupt process itself. Here we have Department Secretary Robin Jennison agreeing with biologists that the redbelly is seriously threatened but proposing delisting to appease legislators threatening to entirely repeal Kansas’ endangered species law if Commissioners do not do it for them. In reality, bowing to threats by politicians inevitably leads to “administrative repeal species by species” of our endangered species law as more truly threatened/endangered plants and animals are delisted when they become inconvenient to developers. So, we fight to ensure a healthy natural environment and species diversity for future generations of Kansans.

For several years, the Arapahoe Board of Commissioners have ignored the citizens of Eastern Unincorporated Arapahoe County! The closing of Quincy Road for bike races and events creates a hardship as Quincy Road is the main artery for traveling into the city. The people have to travel 14 miles just to go around this road closure! Stop the road closure of Quincy Road!

To fully understand Cory Gardner's official stance on global climate change before polls open for the race for U.S. Senate.