The current push for book bans is the strongest that its been in decades, with attempts to stop students from learning about the Holocaust, slavery, gender and sexuality, and more. Schools should allow a curriculum that educates students on our collective histories and allows them to learn about resilience and empathy. School environments should be inclusive to all students and give them the opportunity to read stories that reflect their interests and identities. Students, teachers, and communities across the country are frustrated about these right-wing attempts to censor schools, but we are not powerless, similar campaigns have been successful in stopping and overturning these bans.

As of now multiple states are trying to ban books from schools; many of these books deal with racism, America's history of slavery, LGBTQ+ themes/characters, etc. Examples of books that could be potentially banned are as follows: Maus written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman Monster written by Walter Dean Myers The Undefeated written by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Class Act written by Jerry Craft And more. Banning these books would be an act of prejudice and amorality, as many of these books provide a more realistic account of the atrocities of our past and present history, many also allow children the chance to learn about themselves as well as other kinds of people.

It is important to have as many voice be heard about the Florida Light and Power screwing over the people of Florida with rate hikes and taking away solar business and jobs in our state. With Florida Light and power having a hand in writing the SB 1024 bill the utility company is essentially stealing power from owners of solar panel systems. The company will take the power and sell it back to consumers without having to pay for the electricity generated by our systems that have been paid for out of our own pockets.

It is imperative to the future of our students that this attack on the education of black and brown students be stopped and that our school systems are fully funded. Hogan's defunding of Black and Brown children is racist!

Because no parent of a child who has ALREADY been through Open Heart Surgery should have to worry if their child will survive after discharge because insurance will not pay for the medicine and they can not afford THOUSANDS or more for one month of one medicine!

Preserve Upper Ojai's rural charm. Save Ojai from Los Angeles Developers, more traffic, increased pollution. Please ask the County of Ventura to VOTE NO!

There are many stories to tell about December 27, 2021. We can talk about the incredible humans that were lost, those who survived but must heal impossible wounds; and the way that the community rallied in the wake of tragedy. The one story that does not need to be spread or glorified is that of the shooter.

The possibility of war in Ukraine is terrifying. Tens of thousands of deaths estimated in the first few days of fighting. Massive economic warfare with the potential to trigger a global economic meltdown. And, in the worst case scenario: Russia and the United States stumbling into a nuclear war with nearly unimaginable consequences. In moments like this it’s easy to feel helpless, especially when everywhere you turn Washington’s war caucus is seemingly chomping at the bit for war. But that’s where we come in. In the days ahead, as President Biden is debating his next steps, we need to make sure that the loudest voices he hears are a deafening demand for continued diplomacy and de-escalation.

His victims have suffered enough already! This is just wrong.

Concerned Idaho and regional citizens have gathered hundreds of signatures on this previously offline, informal, public petition, demanding bans of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and oil and gas waste injection wells in Idaho during the last decade. Meanwhile, federal and state governments have changed authority and regulations of fossil fuels exploration, production, and infrastructure, as development has proposed and imposed oil and gas extraction and waste wells and associated facilities, and has fracked and acidized geothermal and hydrocarbon wells. We request your petition signature supporting the permanent prohibition in Idaho of fracking and other well treatments and Class II underground injection control wells.

Now that a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran is on the horizon, the war hawks in Washington are working overtime to sabotage this deal before it's even announced. In fact, as soon as word of an imminent deal got around, the powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Menendez, took to the chamber floor to trash the negotiations and call for a continuation of Trump's failed "maximum pressure" policy. Senator Menendez isn't just wrong, he’s dangerous: his words and actions undermine U.S. diplomats who are still in the middle of negotiations and put us on a path to war. But right now, he and other hawks are testing to see how far they can push us away from diplomacy and peace. What happens in the next twenty four hours is CRUCIAL — if we show up, and are loud — we can not only get hawks to step back, but we also strengthen the resolve of members of Congress who are waiting to see what the consensus is. That’s why we’ve got to call on every member of Congress right now to support diplomacy.

Prior to the enactment of any law, we call on legislators to center the voices of those who have been gravely harmed and maligned by conservatorships. The scope of the harms caused by conservatorships is unknown, as conservators often have an unfettered ability by which to control conservatees and stifle their freedom of expression. Fundamentally, conservatorships are the “civil death” of our citizens, whereby legal proxies can control every aspect of an individual’s life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. This requires legislation that will hold abusers accountable for the harms they have perpetrated against conservatees, as well as develop fundamental changes to the conservatorship/guardianship system so that their only purpose is collaborative and supportive care. Ms. Spears never requested to be the only spokesperson for the reimagining of our legal system; for 13 years, she has been denied the ability to just speak for herself . While Ms. Spears is a solo artist, she is not alone in this exponentially growing movement to end conservatorship abuse. There can be no “Oops” when the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution are being repeatedly violated and it should never happen to anyone ever again.