Before the FDA decided to allow GMOs into food without labeling, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored. Our children and future generations are now depending on you to protect the genetic integrity of our food, our seeds, and our bodies.

WALMART IS A BAD IDEA FOR OUR COMMUNITY! -Crime: An average of 269 police incidents per year take place at every Walmart— 80% of crimes occur in the parking lots—there is nothing to prevent these criminals from filtering into our neighborhood. -Jobs: Walmart is known for driving out competitors, especially small businesses. What will happen to all the businesses of Vista Gardens and Fairwood if Walmart comes to town? -Parking: The parking lot in Duvall Village is often nearly or completely full as it is. Imagine how tough it would be to find a spot with Super Walmart sharing the lot, too! -Traffic: Getting around town is difficult enough as it is, now imagine what traffic on 450, Glenn Dale Rd., and Atwell Ave. would look like with a Super Walmart! -Property Value: Super Walmarts are usually open 24 hours a day. All of the crime, traffic, trash, and noise generated by a 24-hour store could have very negative effects on the value of our homes.

Raising the minimum wage will help, not hurt, the economy by giving millions of Americans more spending power.

As a mother and as a christian woman, I feel it is important to stand by Meriam for her brave actions for standing up for her faith and beliefs. No one should be forced to renounce their religious beliefs, nor should her children be subject to see their mother treated in such a manner

I am a veteran teacher in the state of North Carolina. I have been devalued and insulted one time too many.

We've started this petition because, once it's gone, you can't replace the past. If City Council does nothing, the current district expires on July 31, 2014.

If you wonder what to tell your children or your grandchildren you did in 2104 when we still had a chance to save our planet please take action and sign this petition and support our legislators to support renewable energy and stand up to out of state meddling by arrogant coal moguls.

Since the Newtown, CT shooting in late 2012, there have been nearly 50 mass shootings across the country. Enough is enough. It's time to end gun violence. Our right to be safe in our communities should not take a back seat to the right to own guns without regulation. Let's take a stand against gun violence!

Mountain House is a small community with limited facilities available for public use. Building a track in the center of the planned town and then not allowing the community regular access to it does not make any sense. We should be encouraging people to use our local facilities, not discouraging them.

A little girl endured the ugliness of racism and ostracism because a white establishment could not digest the thought of a black child graduating valedictorian from a previously all-white high-school in Southwest Georgia. That little girl was me and I vowed to spend the rest of my life scratching out the cancer of racism from its core.

North Carolina politicians are at it again. First, they passed laws to make it harder for people to vote and to deny unemployment benefits to tens of thousands of workers. Now, they’ve passed new rules to take even more rights away from North Carolinians. This time, they’re going after free speech. Right-wing politicians in Raleigh just passed changes to rules governing public access to their legislature. These changes ban protesters from chanting, singing or having signs and limit access to the General Assembly. This is a direct attack on the Moral Monday protests that have exposed the extreme agenda of these politicians. Don’t let them silence the voice of North Carolinians. Tell House Speaker Thom Tillis, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, Rep. Tim Moore and Gov. Pat McCrory it’s un-American, and to reverse the rules now.

Vermont is the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in food to be labeled for consumers. Now, Monsanto and other corporations in the the food industry are planning to launch a lawsuit against the state claiming this law violates their right to free speech, by forcing disclosure of GMOs. Consumers want to know what’s in their food. Food producers don’t want to disclose that information. Vermont is taking on a very powerful enemy to defend the rights of consumers against corporations, and this could set a very important legal precedent. Sign the petition: We deserve to know what's in our food. Stand with Vermont, as they face a lawsuit from Monsanto and Big Ag, for being the first state in the nation to require GMO labeling.