STOP THE GREED! Put an end to the rising number of evictions in San Francisco, CA, using the Ellis Act, which allows landlords to evict tenants, temporarily shut down a rental property, and then sell it at a profit.

The Koch brothers use their billions to fund radical right wing causes. The very least we can do is not support their efforts by not buying their products. If Costco and other retailers step up and stop carrying the products it will have a bigger impact. What the Koch brothers support is in opposition to many of the things Costco promotes.

The Republicans in the US House have not acted in the best interest of the American People. It is time that they are accountable for what they have not done.

The safety device that would have saved Janio Salinas was removed just 13 days before his death, and was put in after other workers were almost sucked under by the machines.

For Jeffrey Baldwin and the Toronto citizens who remember him, Superman is a symbol of love and hope even in the face of man's extreme cruelty.

The whole reason this rule has existed since Watergate is that paying for ritzy vacations is the easiest way for a corporation to know someone’s vote has been bought and paid for. And if we don’t speak out while the ink is still wet, it will be open season on political corruption.

We can't let Congress promise us meaningful reform and then betray our privacy rights all over again.

Because he won't do the will of the American people and apparently cannot think of the good of the majority. I read about the EPA, climate change and infrastructure of the US that is devastating worse because he is so bad at being the Whip..And by the way Boehner: what have you done about promoting jobs? Schools are being devastated, along with teachers...

Super PACs are evading our disclosure laws and influencing elections in Massachusetts. The needs of the average citizens are being pushed aside to focus on the needs of big money. The Massachusetts Disclosure Bill calls for transparency. Super PACs would be required to disclose their funding sources in real time instead of keeping voters in the dark. Voters deserve to know where the money funding these Super PACs is coming from.

Oregon’s health insurers must get permission from state officials before they can raise premiums on individuals and small businesses. For several years, OSPIRG Foundation has put a magnifying glass to premium hike proposals, and thousands of OSPIRG members have emailed and called the state’s Insurance Division. All this additional scrutiny has helped cut over $155 million in waste from health insurance premiums since 2010. Now, we've dug into the latest rate hike proposals from four of Oregon’s top insurers. None of them has done enough to justify the prices they’ve proposed. • Moda is proposing a 12.5% rate hike on over 95,000 Oregonians, without outlining a plan for passing along cost savings from health reform to their members. • PacificSource, which initially proposed a 15.9% increase, has already admitted that their proposal was based on errors that would have overcharged their customers. They revealed the mistake only after it became clear that the original proposal was more expensive than many other health plans – such as Providence, which is proposing a 16% decrease in premiums for identical coverage. • Health Net and United are paying more for emergency room visits than many other insurers, yet they are both proposing big rate increases without demonstrating that they are doing all they can to reduce these costs and keep their members out of the ER. With study after study showing that one-third of health care spending is waste, we can’t afford anything but a full-court press for more effective use of our health care dollars.

Styrofoam (Polystyrene foam) is terrible for the planet! - Up to 30% of landfill space is filled with Styrofoam and other plastics - When Styrofoam is dumped in the environment, it is notorious for breaking up into pieces and clogging animals digestive systems - Toxic Chemicals can leach out of Styrofoam products into food that can effect human health and reproductive organs. As the third largest city in the United States, it is your responsibility to lead by example and ban Styrofoam containers in Chicago. As potential tourists and residents of Chicago, we urge you to ban Styrofoam containers in Chicago

My brother, my sister-in-law and my nine year old niece were brutally murdered by their 16 year old son/brother. He used my brother's legally purchased, licensed pistol to commit all three heinous acts. He then called in his crime and waited for the police to arrive and arrest him. As a family, we agreed to a plea after nearly two years of waiting in order to avoid a media circus, to facilitate closure and to promote healing. This meant my nephew pled guilty to three first degree murders and was sentenced to three life sentences, two to run concurrently with the third to run consecutively. He would have been eligible for parole in 30 years, not 15, as this new law mandates.