I am a person with a serious mental illness. Five percent of the population suffers from a mental illness. Mental illness is not a crime; it is a brain disorder. Systematically torturing, abusing and neglecting prisoners because they have brain disorders is depraved and deplorable, and should never be permitted anywhere for any reason.

As a longtime Albany resident, I'm gravely concerned about my city. Petroleum company Global Partners wants to ship heavy crude oil, extracted from tar sands, by rail to the Port of Albany in New York and then down the Hudson River. A mere derailment or fire could irreparably damage New York's environment. And the site of the crude oil heating facility is right next to low-income housing, where the predominately African-American and Latino communities who live there will be particularly vulnerable. New York needs to take a stand on environmental justice. Tell the Department of Environmental Conservation to protect the Hudson River and low-income communities and stop crude by rail. http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Come-clean-on-crude-oil-5139332.php

My Daughter Haley attends Horizon Elementary, I called to let them know I would be sending some all natural supplements to school with her to take during her lunch hour. With these supplement we have been able to get her off her ADHD medication. I was told that Herbal supplementation was not allow in the school per their policy. I could send her in with Phyc meds and no one would bat an eye but an activated B complex and OPC3 which comes from grape seed extract and pine bark not allowed? This is not right! This a nation wide problem lets make a change and stop this starting right here in our home town!

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is nothing short of a disaster: It’s ruinous for our middle class, a huge step back for Internet freedom, and awful for human rights in the countries we trade with. Tragically, however, this new corporate "free" trade deal is a top priority for the White House and most Republicans. But here’s the thing: In order to pass the TPP, its supporters first need to pass "fast track" authority that would bypass the normal legislative process for trade deals like this one. According to the Huffington Post, Wisconsin’s own Congressman Ron Kind is the leading Democratic candidate to champion this horrible legislation.

To restore democracy and irradiate the Corporate Fascist Nazi party from our government. Restore a fair media.

Michelle will be forced to spend her 12th birthday saying good-bye to her Dad, instead of spending it with him and the rest of her family like most kids her age. That's because immigration officials in the Obama Administration have decided to deport Michelle's dad, Ricardo Ramos. He has until Thursday to leave, the very same day as her birthday. Ricardo has called Ohio his home for nearly two decades and has three U.S. citizen children, yet ICE officials want to tear his family apart by deporting him. If ICE officials go through with Ricardo's deportation, Ricardo's family will be devastated. He's a loving dad and is the sole breadwinner in the family, recently taking on a second job in a restaurant in addition to the 16 years he's spent working in local nurseries. When police pulled Ricardo over for driving without a license, they sent him to ICE officials. Friends and supporters got Ricardo's initial January 1, 2014 deportation date postponed, but now ICE officials have set a new date to deport him just a few days away. We need your help returning him to his family! Ricardo would likely qualify for the path to citizenship in the Senate immigration bill and President Obama's Administration shouldn't be pushing hardworking, taxpaying Americans like Ricardo for Speaker John Boehner's inaction. In fact, because President Obama supports the Senate's bill, he shouldn't be deporting immigrants like Ricardo at all. Please help Ricardo by asking ICE officials to exercise "prosecutorial discretion" and let Ricardo return home to his family where he belongs. They need you to act right now! Michelle shouldn't spend her birthday being torn away from her dad. Help Ricardo stay where he belongs, at home!

I started this petition because I am concerned about the quality of our drinking water, the quality of our air and the overall quality of life in northern Wisconsin. Please sign if you agree.

My petition is about our court system not be educated enough to properly handle Child Custody cases, not taking the appropriate time to make determinations and therefore not doing what's in the best interest of our children.

Myself and past students that have studied at the Prato campus found a warm and welcoming home at Caffè al Teatro Ristorante. They were amazing to us and provided us with not only great Italian food but also a wonderful Italian experience. They catered to our every need without any hesitations and did all they could to make our semester a great one without asking for anything in return. At UNH we consider each other family and at the university we take care of our family members. Caffè al Teatro is family and they should be treated like it!

Millions of Americans are "long-term unemployed." With 20 million inmigrante indocumentados ca$hing paychecks the U.S. does not need "Compreshensive Immigration Reform." The current immigration laws should be applied to those inmigrantes.

The EPA has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the transportation and storage of toxic chemicals. The explosion in West, Texas was a tragic reminder of why these regulations are necessary. The latest chemical spill in West Virginia serves to reiterate that need. The EPA needs to act.

In November 1994, Ella Rita Devaughn, was killed in a car accident caused by William Dandy (“Dandy”). Today, we would like to remove William Dandy's name from the middle school and restore the former name, Everglades Middle School, in honor of Rita Devaughn.