They may not be able to make the Redskins team change it name, but they can hit the owner where it hurts: his wallet.

"Cities think by cutting off the food source, it will make the homeless go away," NCH community organizing director Michael Stoops said. "It doesn't."

The tragic accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada could have been avoided if two people were working on this train. Two crew members are IMPERATIVE for safe train operation; 47 lives were lost because of corporate greed.

Under current Delaware law, possession of any amount of marijuana is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,150 and up to six months in jail. “Nobody should be saddled with a criminal record simply for possessing a substance that is less harmful than alcohol,” said Rachelle Yeung, a legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), “A marijuana conviction can haunt individuals for the rest of their lives, depriving them of educational opportunities, employment, and public housing. "Law enforcement officials’ time would be better spent addressing serious crimes instead of arresting and prosecuting adults for marijuana possession,” Yeung said.

Gus Morales was a highly rated teacher for two years. Then on February 3 he spoke out to the School Committee about data walls, many of which listed students by name along with their scores on standardized tests and many of which were posted in areas accessible to the public (illegal under FERPA). After speaking out at the School Committee meetings, Gus was observed and given his first problematic evaluation. These observations and negative evaluations escalated after Gus was elected president of his local. Gus grew up in Holyoke and graduated from Holyoke High School. He is a veteran, bilingual, and a teacher who has the support of students and parents. He is one of the few Puerto Rican teachers in Holyoke even though the student body is over 75 percent Hispanic. Gus is a male role model for many students. In May, Gus was elected president of the Holyoke Teachers Association with overwhelming support from his fellow teachers. Gus is being non-renewed because he is a leader in the union and a leader in speaking out in support of students and the schools they deserve.

Extreme violence is occurring at an alarming rate throughout our nation’s schools and campuses. We need to rise together as one nation and protect our children and the very future of this country. As a result, we’d see less shootings, stabbings, and acts of violence in general, as well as less bullying, and less alcohol and drug abuse.

The Rainbow Dr. access is too small, and has no facilities to funnel the hundreds of people that are trying to use it. It has caused undue stress to the land and the local private homeowners. The FWP public fishing access on S. Ferndale Dr. has all the facilities, parking and easy access to the river and causes NO traffic congestion. Most of the users are from Flathead County and pay no taxes on this land. It is also a residential area and not suited for public use

Over the past decade, American taxpayers have sunk hundreds of billions into military action in Iraq. The $816 billion that we’ve spent on 10 years of war in Iraq could otherwise have been spent on domestic programs that badly need investment. For example, those dollars could have financed a well-rounded domestic program, including: provided 4.75 million students Pell Grants of $5,550; equipped 4 million households with wind power; hired 65,000 new police officers; supplied 5 million veterans with VA medical care; and paid 100,000 elementary school teachers each year for a decade. Instead, such programs have suffered from significant budget setbacks and austerity while our nation spent billions on military intervention in a complex and unstable conflict. This is not our fight. Americans overwhelmingly oppose renewed military operations in Iraq: a recent poll from Public Policy Polling showed that 74 percent of the public are opposed to sending combat troops back into Iraq. In contrast, the majority of Americans do support investment in domestic programs like public education, jobs, food assistance, health care, and renewable energy and the environment. With our domestic economy still struggling, our veterans in dire need of care and support, and millions of people struggling to make ends meet at home, now’s not the time to commit more funds to war. The President and Congress must look for ways to be helpful in the Iraq crisis that don’t involve combat operations and the cost to our nation that goes along with them. We need to show that we’ve learned our painful lesson, that sending American troops to the Middle East will not make the situation better.

This page is basically attacking CHILDREN who are on the ASD specrum and this just ain't right!!

Rhode Island's legislative session ends this week. Environmentalists have already won exciting victories to expand solar energy, implement first steps of a state composting program, fund public transportation, and more. However, there are some final bills that have passed in the Senate but still need final approval in the House. One of them is a critical bill to protect Narragansett Bay by finally phasing out cesspools, an outdated septic method that pollutes the environment.

All children need to learn Black African History. It is where civilization began. There are so many heros and sheros that our children have no idea existed. Our Rich History in Africa, the Islands, and the America is being suppressed. Children of African descent have a thirst to know what their Ancestors accomplished before enslavement, like building the Pyramids in Egypt to inventing the Traffic Lights here in this country. They must be told the truth! Please put this amazing history in all school curriculums across this state. Parents of children of African Descent are descendants of Africa. Not only did their Ancestors build this country with free labor, but they now pay taxes. Their children deserve to know their history.

In 2013, the Virginia Board of Health finalized onerous and medically-unnecessary restrictions designed close women’s health centers that provide comprehensive reproductive health care, like cancer screenings and birth control, as well as safe, legal first-trimester abortion. The Board ignored the advice of medical experts and the input of thousands of Virginians, instead bowing to political influences intent on shutting down women's health centers. The Department of Health is now reviewing these restrictions and will decide whether they should be rewritten. Join us in submitting a public comment and tell the Health Commissioner and Board of Health to repeal and rewrite these politically-motivated restrictions to protect women's health and safety by relying on medicine, not politics.