With a new president and a new Congress being sworn in just a few weeks, the U.S. has an opportunity to forge a new path when it comes to foreign policy as we begin moving beyond the damage done by Donald Trump. That's why it's crucial for Rep. Joaquín Castro to be elected Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee by his colleagues this month. As Chair, Rep. Castro will boldly advance a new vision for our nation's role in the world, centered around human rights and human dignity, justice, accountability, cooperation, and diplomacy. Members of Congress will be voting later this month on the new committee chairs, and it's important that you make your voice heard now.

In the US alone, over 500 million straws are used daily and it is estimated that over 8.3 billion straws pollute the world's beaches. At an average of 1.6 straws used daily, this challenge allows participants to focus on more eco-friendly options such as; paper, metal, glass, bamboo, and many more. Do you really need a straw? Is using a straw for a few minutes worth the 200+ years it takes to decompose?

This is the only white giraffe in the world. His mother and sister were killed by poachers. In the wild, he does not stand a chance, even with a tracking device. Poachers and natural predators will easily be able to spot and kill him. He needs our help to be protected.

Please Stand With Us Against Hospital Closures and Cuts! During the first quarter of 2020, we saw how a virus came into our neighborhoods and ravaged the vulnerable populations as well as the healthcare system. We watched as the novel virus magnified the disparities and inequalities in our healthcare system with bodies mounted in hospitals across Brooklyn and Queens and the Bronx mostly due to controllable circumstances. Gov. Cuomo is, at the moment, attempting to quietly and quickly close a safety net hospital in Brooklyn in the middle of a pandemic – Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in East Flatbush. We are trying to shine some light to raise public awareness and scrutiny on this situation. The first wave of the pandemic devastated Brooklyn, which was already suffering from massive racial healthcare inequalities. Currently Brooklyn and Queens have 1.8 hospital beds per 1,000 residents (compared to Manhattan’s over 5 beds per 1,000). In one of the riches cities in the world, the first wave of the pandemic completely overwhelmed the existing healthcare infrastructure in Central Brooklyn, which has long suffered from cruel healthcare budget cuts, largely implemented through cuts in Medicaid from the State. The New York Times quoted Kingsbrook nurse, Feyoneisha McGrath, on her experience at the height of the first wave of the pandemic. Like other hospitals in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens, she reported painfully dire patient to nurse ratios of 20 to 1 in the emergency room. “We could not care for the number of patients we had. I worked 16 hour a day, and then I got in my cat and cried.” By closing this hospital before the second wave of the pandemic, which has the possibility of being worse than the first, Cuomo is working to ensure that even more Black Brooklynites will die.

California and the country deserve leaders who represent them and don't actively cause harm.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has once again proven that his loyalty to Donald Trump will always come before our democracy and the rule of law. According to a Washington Post story, Graham urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger -- a fellow Republican -- to throw out legally-cast ballots from targeted Georgia counties during the state’s recount. The conversation reportedly left Raffensperger “stunned.” Let’s be clear: every eligible vote cast in this election should and WILL be counted, no matter what Graham says or does. These voters faced a global pandemic, vote-suppressing laws, and rampant disinformation to make themselves heard in this all-important election year -- and Graham has no right to try to shut them out of our democracy. This is just another desperate play by Republicans to overturn the legitimate results of this election. As Trump files meritless lawsuit after lawsuit to stop ballot counting or otherwise interfere with election officials' work -- his lackeys are falling in line, doing everything in their power to support Trump’s futile effort. It’s time for direct action in response to their outrageous attempts to sow doubt about our electoral process and shut out voters. Graham currently chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee -- and if his party maintains its Senate majority, he'll oversee crucial legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. If Graham has been actively trying to toss out eligible ballots, he should not lead this committee’s work. Add your name to tell the Senate Ethics Committee: this heinous voter suppression attempt must be swiftly investigated -- and in the meantime, Senator Graham should step down as Judiciary Committee Chairman.

In Fight the Power, Chuck D says “most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps” Through their music and activism, public enemy is a hero of the American narrative. They deserve a stamp. Let’s do better for our kids: starting with a PUBLIC ENEMY stamp:

Many students drop out of college because of the expenses, more scholarships can make a difference. Campus police can also be racially biased to minorities which is more than half of CSULA campus. Rather than making students feel safe, they perceive campus police to be targeting them.

To protect our precious environment, especially since the lame duck Trump administration just moved to sell oil rights in the Arctic Refuge on November 16, 2020, with sales to go through right before Inauguration Day 2021 when Biden becomes President.

Because now its a matter of fighting for money to pay us for everday work function. A function that can take us away from our family. An uninsured family left to fill a void unrecognized for the danger of a everyday regular job, with either environmental, health, material,equipment, chemical,or natural dangers involved.

President Trump’s futile post-election power grab is undermining Americans’ faith in our democracy. But did you know that he’s also pulling a bait-and-switch with the money that he’s asking his donors for to fund his lawsuits? That’s right: Trump is telling donors that he needs their money for legal challenges to the election outcome -- but the fine print tells a completely different story. Most of the money that he’s raising won’t be deposited into his legal expense fund. In fact, the funds are being split between a new Trump “leadership PAC” called Save America and the Republican National Committee campaign account. Under the so-called “allocation formula” that Trump is using for this fundraising -- a donor would need to give more than $8,000 before a penny of their money goes into Trump’s legal expense fund. So the vast majority of donations will instead land in Trump’s new Save America leadership PAC. These kinds of PACs operate with few restrictions under campaign finance law -- and are notoriously used as slush funds by politicians. Trump will therefore be free to use these funds to pay himself and his family members big salaries and further line his pockets with payments to his businesses after he leaves office. This kind of for-profit politics would hardly be unprecedented for Trump, whose campaign paid his businesses more than $12 million during his 2016 presidential run -- and who continued to funnel donor money to his own businesses during his 2020 re-election campaign. Now, the FEC has an obligation to step in -- politicians shouldn’t be able to blatantly mislead their donors for personal profit. Add your name to tell FEC Commissioners: close the loophole that lets power-hungry politicians like Trump use leadership PACs as their own slush fund.

Every day this becomes even more imperative as we currently seeing a resurgence of COVID-19, not just in America, but across the world. By supporting this petition today you will help millions of Americans prepare for the next wave of COVID-19 & be well protected as we await a vaccine.