We must rebuild the American Dream instead of burying our best and brightest young minds in debt slavery. About 40 million Americans whose student loan debt exceeds the total amount of credit card debt for the first time in our nation's history. Senator Elizabeth Warren's student loan refinancing plan makes sense for our future.

Antibiotics are great at killing bacteria that make us sick, but in the process of fighting germs they also kill off good bacteria. Too few Doctors are prescribing probiotics alongside antibiotics. After years of taking antibiotics for chronic sinus infections, I fell very ill and found out my intestinal flora of good bacteria had been completely wiped out and also had a massive overgrowth of yeast in my body; it's been a long ongoing process to re-balance and regain my health. Millions of Americans are suffering from this oversight and it's time to put a stop to these avoidable illnesses!

We are tired of getting inferior care and having to travel long distances to get our medical care. The Federal government should provide all veterans universal health care--the right to go to the doctor(s) and hospital(s) of their choice and be fully covered by medical insurance.

Public institutions, health-environmental NGOs, and Sir Paul McCartney enthusiastically support Meatless Monday's as an accessible step schools and institutions can take to make a difference. Given the drought in CA and rush to inject fracking waste fluid, this is a time to consider the importance of water conservation and make an effort to protect aquatic life from Factory Farm manure pollution and runoff from fertilizers/agri-chemicals used on feed crops. President Obama is clear that climate change is serious, Meatless Monday menus are a tasty way to diversify our diets and can give USA credibility Internationally that we care about emissions reductions (while reducing foodborne illnesses, chronic disease linked to too much meat consumption, and so much more!). Personally, I was not exposed to vegetarian meals growing up. When i started trying plant protein sources in 2000, I realized I liked them all and welcomed the dietary diversity in my life! I feel great enjoying vegan food now. It's an easier step than it would be for me to go car-free to save energy.

Massachusetts should lead on education, but when it comes to early education we're falling behind. With 30,000 kids stuck on waiting lists, Massachusetts lags behind states like Oklahoma that offer preschool for all kids. The good news is that we have a chance right now to make real progress toward the goal of early education for all. As the Senate works on the budget -- which they will vote on before the end of May -- Sen. Daniel Wolf (Harwich) is proposing $25 million to send more kids to preschool, more than double the investment the House passes. if passed, we could take more than 2,700 kids off the wait list and put them into classrooms. We're really gaining steam. On Sunday, May 4, the Boston Globe ran a column "Fund early education, as Oklahoma does," which shows that our message is really sinking in. [1] Then, on Tuesday, May 6, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced he wants to double preschool enrollment in Boston. [2] It's clear we are moving in the right direction. But we can't stop now. The reason we've come this far is that people like you took action and got involved. And to push us over the top we need more people to take action. 1. Yvonne Abraham, "Fund early education, as Oklahoma does," Boston Globe, May 4, 2014. 2. "Mayor Walsh Seeks to Double Pre-K Enrollment," Associated Press, May 6, 2014.

In this fast paced world, it is hard for even the healthiest of consumers to completely avoid fast food. It would be fantastic if there were some genuinely healthy options available at fast food restaurants. I believe it would also expand the market of customers for McDonalds, so it would be a win-win!

It is a need in Chicago.

I'M TIRED OF SEEING THE SAME DEATHS, TORTURE, AND MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'M TIRED OF SEEING THE SAME-OLD NOT MAKING IT TOUGH AND ROUGH ON KILLERS AND ABUSERS AND STOPPING -- NOT ADDRESSING OVER AND OVER AGAIN -- THE SAME ISSUES, BUT STOPPING THEM. WHEN ALL OF OUR STATES HERE IN THE USA SEE AND ADDRESS AND JOIN TOGETHER IN MAKING IT A BETTER WORLD FOR THE ABUSE AND DEATHS OF ANIMALS, THAT IS WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. YEARS AND YEARS PASS. SLOW-- VERY SLOW ARE PEOPLE TO SEE, ADDRESS AND JUST STOP THIS MADNESS. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO LIVE. BUT NO ONE IS STOPPING THIS OR FINDING THIS ISSUE VERY IMPORTANT, OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED LONG AGO, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE LONG AGO STOPPED THIS ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS GOING ON. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WAY, WAY TOO SLOWLY ARE STRIDES MADE FOR THE VOICELESS ANIMALS. THERE ARE PROGRAMS TO PLAN AND METHODS TO USE WITH ISSUES OF ANIMALS IN THE USA. I'M SICK OF BLM GETTING AWAY WITH UNLAWFUL TREATMENT AND KILLING OF HORSES. I'M SICK OF PEOPLE FINDING ANIMALS IN THE WAY. I'M SICK OF GAS CHAMBERS -- PUTTING THE DEAR LITTLE PUPPIES AND KITTIES INTO THEM AND SUFFOCATING THE DEAR GENTLE ANIMALS, WHICH IS A PAINFUL DEATH -- KILLING THEM IN SUCH A MEAN AND CRUEL MANNER. WHY IS THIS NOT DONE WITH? WHY IS THIS A WAY TO KILL AN ANIMAL WHO HAS NO HOME AND PUT IT TO DEATH? WHY IS THIS STILL ALLOWED? IT IS BARBARIC, A NO-BRAINER. JUST STOP IT! PUT THE PAPERWORK AND LAWS INTO EFFECT AND END IT -- END IT. BUT THIS IS NOT BEING DONE. ABUSERS, WHY IS THIS DONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN? BECAUSE IN MOST STATES THEY GET AWAY WITH IT. THEY GET AWAY WITH IT WITH LITTLE REPERCUSSION. THEY GET A SLAP ON THE WRIST OR A SMALL FINE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WHY IS WASHINGTON NOT DOING THEIR JOB, TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT ANIMALS? WHY ARE THE STATES NOT HERE -- ALL OF US -- WITH THE SAME THINKING AND PROTECTING OF THE ANIMALS? I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEG TO DO THE RIGHT THING. ANYONE CAN SEE WHEN AWFUL THINGS ARE HAPPENING. IT IS TIME TO STOP ACCEPTING THIS -- ALL OF THE USA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING THIS. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS, PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT. JOIN TOGETHER AND, ALL OF THE STATES IN THE USA, THINK ALIKE AND RESPECT LIFE AND THE PROPER TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.

We do not want our community clinic to close.

To get the case re-opened and any evidence (if any) evaluated and the killer to Justice..

Although Luis Muñoz Marín Elementary School has been stripped of staff and resources during Philadelphia’s ongoing budget crisis, this year there was good news: The school is making a comeback under the guidance of a new, much-loved principal. But now the school district has targeted Muñoz Marín for a charter school takeover by ASPIRA of PA—and local parents are crying foul. ASPIRA of PA, a charter organization, is currently under scrutiny for suspicious financial practices and misuse of funds that never made it to the classroom. ASPIRA of PA is also engaged in an ugly anti-union fight at another Philly school, pitting its expensive lawyers against its own teachers who are seeking a voice and a union. The National Labor Relations Board has filed numerous unfair labor practice charges against the charter operator; in every case, ASPIRA of PA has been forced to concede, settle and correct its practices. Sadly, ASPIRA of PA has a powerful advocate in Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez, who was once its executive director. She pledged to support unions and workers’ right to organize, but was quick to endorse ASPIRA of PA, a union-busting organization, in its takeover attempt of our public school. We, the parents of Muñoz Marín students, do not want our children’s destiny in the hands of ASPIRA of PA—with its financial problems and anti-union values. We call on Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez to stay true to her constituents, to request a City Council investigation into the troubling allegations around ASPIRA of PA, and to protect our children from the School Reform Commission’s apparent strategy of abandoning our public school system. Rather than declaring our school a failure, we ask Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez to advocate for our school’s funding, staff and resources to be restored. That loss of resources is the real plague at Muñoz Marín. Our school deserves a fair chance.

My name is Mateo Mares. Until early January of this year, my coworker Amilcar Cardona and I hauled Skechers shoes from the Port of Los Angeles to their national distribution center 80 miles/130 KM away. We were fired for trying to improve our working conditions and for standing up for our rights. Our job is like a sweatshop-on-wheels. We work long hours, face safety hazards, endure harassment, and have our wages stolen from us. Drivers like us are standing up for our rights by filing legal claims with the government for wage theft, wage violations, retaliation for union and protected concerted activities, and illegal harassment. We were fired by our Skechers' trucking contractor, Green Fleet Systems, after we exercised our rights to engage in union activities at our workplace and after we refused to withdraw our claims for wage theft when we were pressured to do so by our boss. Now our families are struggling to survive. We worked hard for many years hauling Skechers shoes and other foreign-made products from the docks to warehouses, but now we don't have any work and don't have any money to buy food or pay rent – much less help our kids get through college to make a better life for themselves. Our struggle is like the men and women who manufacture Skechers shoes in places like China, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Like workers in Skechers' overseas factory, we are mistreated, deal with safety hazards, and don't get paid what we deserve. When we learned that Skechers has a record for bad treatment of its workers overseas, we realized that Skechers is spreading sweatshop conditions to America. Our children and wives are frightened about our future. It's time for Skechers to do the right thing, get us back to work, and end the sweatshop-on-wheels conditions for workers like us. Add your name and tell Skechers to end the spread of sweatshops in America. Skechers has the power to demand that its trucking contractor stop violating workers’ rights and U.S. labor laws. By signing, you are making a real difference in the lives of workers like me.