Help the people at risk of loosing a basic lifeline during a pandemic. The Delta variant is even more contagious and a lot of people are losing jobs on a daily basis. Others have health problems and can't work during this some even have to stay home with their kids because schools are closing and they can't afford child care.

Because I know other people believe that people in jail are still human. Some have made awful decisions and some made dumb decisions but others are really remorseful and doing their best to change their life. There are people in Texas with very excessive sentences with low level, non violent crimes. My loved is in that category, and now he has been set up by someone and the investigation has been very poor. Very one sided and he’s fighting as hard as he can in there and we are fighting as hard as we can out here to help him prove his innocence to what he’s now being charged with and it is hard. The state of Texas does not care. He’s been in solitary confinement for over a month now until the investigation is over, they ALREADY increased his projected release date. I and many others that love him have contacted the TDCJ OMBUDSMAN department about this matter and we are praying they do their job as well. I visited with him and he’s lost weight, he’s trying very hard not to go crazy in solitary, he’s never dealt with high blood pressure and his blood pressure is running around 184/120 daily! That’s stroke & heart attack level‼️ The jails do NOT care. He is not in jail for murder, drugs, robbery etc. The state of Texas is quick to charge people in jail without thorough investigations. The way my loved ones and I’m sure many others are treated in these situations are very inhumane, it has to STOP and we need help 🙏🏽

As TCBES students, collaboration and field work are critical to our studies and our future success. In order to get the most out of this program, we need to be able to engage fully in our coursework without sacrificing the safety of ourselves, our mentors, and our loved ones.

For LWSD Families, teachers, staff, and community members: If you feel this initiative aligns with your preferences, we strongly encourage you to consider signing this petition to demonstrate your support. Additionally, by signing this petition, you help articulate to school leadership the level of interest for the rain or shine outdoor eating option and the importance of 6-feet spacing for indoor lunches. LWSD Teachers & Staff We fully support our outstanding LWSD teachers and staff and applaud the dedication and work each has done to provide the best possible learning environment for our students. This option serves to keep teachers and staff safe while elevating the unique LWSD student experience. LWSD Leadership Please help us. Indoor, 3 feet or less spaced, unmasked eating is a dangerous proposition. Science tells us this. Our local laws and federal government underscore this (pre-vaccine) by limiting and temporarily closing indoor dining when community spread rates were high. Implementing new and sudden protocols may be inconvenient - and even expensive, but in the final analysis, it is the right thing to do for the health of our students, our schools, and our community. * There are elementary school principals fully on board and supportive of this effort and for that, we are encouraged.

Working for L&I is a risky proposition. Right now we show up for and appointment only to find out that either it was cancelled without alerting the interpreter or that the LEP patient doesn't show up. We lose money each time this happens because L&I doesn't reimburse us for our mileage or for the time that we reserved on our calendars which makes us unavailable to accept other requests. In addition, when the provider schedules us for 60 minutes but the service only lasts 15, we lose money each time this happens because L&I doesn't pay for that time that we made ourselves unavailable for other requests. L&I's payment policies are the reason why many interpreters violate the code of ethics to contact and even harass LEP patients to ensure they show up. These policies also foster unhealthy relationships with providers so that invoices show lengthier durations. By not treating interpreters as the professionals they are, L&I disrespects us on a daily basis. We ask that all interpreters who render services paid by L&I sign this petition. Please sign the petition to show L&I INTERPRETERS ARE ALL UNITED behind these demands!

More than six months after Trump left office, Attorney General Merrick Garland continues to defend some of Trump's worst immigration policies. The Biden administration recently defended a Trump-era policy in court that prioritizes the highest wage earners for a high-skilled worker visa program. And now the DOJ is defending a public health order issued by Trump as a way to expel most migrants without allowing them to seek asylum in the midst of the COVID pandemic. Merrick Garland's Department of Justice has the opportunity right now to turn the page on Trump's hateful anti-immigrant attacks. They must stop defending his policies in court and consistently uphold Joe Biden's stated commitment to protecting and expanding immigrants' rights. Will you add your name? President Biden, stop defending Trump's anti-immigrant agenda!

Currently, ExxonMobil is one of the top ten holdings in one of the main pension funds the federal government manages for their workers. But Federal employees have been organizing to get their pensions divested from fossil fuels. Oil companies are not only destroying our climate, they're also increasingly risky investments without a long-term future. As the climate crisis worsens, now is a crucial moment for President Biden to deliver what these workers want -- and what our planet needs. Here's how it would work: Biden could either author an executive order telling the board that controls the federal pension fund to divest from fossil fuels. Or, he could nominate new board members to its board. This second option is possible, since four of the five seats are occupied by people whose terms expired under President Obama, and the fifth is vacant. Federal pension divestment is an important tool in the fight against the climate crisis. It would set a precedent for investors around the world--making it clear that fossil fuels are an unethical and unwise investment.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into Jeff Bezos and Amazon's $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM studios. The MGM merger would add a catalog of more than 4,000 films and 17,000 episodes to Amazon’s Prime Video service and give it control of future production, increasing its monopoly over content, and allow it to control intellectual property rights that will stretch over other businesses. This comes along with news that Amazon is planning to open department stores across the nation to take over brick and mortar space. We need FTC Chair Lina Khan, an antitrust advocate, to block this merger as a critical first step to reining the mega company in. We've written a letter to Khan with more than 30 other organizations to ask the FTC to do just that, and now we need to add your voice to build momentum. Sign the petition: Tell the federal government to stop Amazon from buying MGM!

As the humanitarian crisis grows and the U.S. military prepares to leave on August 31 saving as many Afghan lives as possible must be the U.S. government’s top priority. But here’s something you may not know: there are ample funds available to ease suffering on the ground and support Afghans to rebuild their lives — like inside next year’s astronomical Pentagon budget, where more than $3 BILLION is currently earmarked for the now-collapsed Afghan National Security Forces. Congress is deciding where those funds will go as we speak. And the possibility that this money could instead be spent on a few more F-35s or bombs is all too real — and should be immediately, completely rejected. That’s why we need to get loud NOW Add your name to call on Congress to immediately use any money that was previously going to be spent supporting Afghan security forces to help save Afghan lives.

Personal stories underscore the danger posed to kids by such apps. After confiscating her 14-year-old daughter’s phone, one mom was shocked to find a flood of sexually explicit photos from older men delivered via stranger-chat app Yubo, many pressuring her to reciprocate. Reviews on the App Store detail how many of these apps are filled with people asking for sexually explicit images. At a minimum, Apple must: - Block anyone whose Apple ID shows they are underage from adult-only apps - Require that adult apps institute substantive age verification processes and close loopholes that allow them to ignore evidence that a user is underage. - Enforce Apple’s own guidelines and remove chat roulette apps from the App Store

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Please sign this petition to get Spike Lee to do a great Re-release of Malcolm X. Malcolm is one of the greatest people ever, imho. I love this movie, it's my favorite of all time. I want more people especially the youth to learn about Malcolm and his importance to humanity.