Imagine if your husband is risking his life for his country fighting overseas, but your home state says that if something happens to him, you won't be entitled to equal access to health and death benefits. That's happening. Even though the Department of Justice and Department of Defense issued directives to provide benefits to same-sex spouses, Mississippi announced that it intends to deny equal access to military benefits for National Guard families. Most states are already allowing federal coverage for health and death benefits to be processed for same-sex spouses the same way that they are processed for everyone else - even if state constitutions ban marriage for same-sex couples. However, Mississippi is putting needless, discriminatory roadblocks in the way by forcing service members’ spouses to travel miles out of the way to a separate federal facility to access the benefits they are legally entitled to. The Department of Defense deserves great credit for updating their policy to provide equal access to benefits regardless of sexual orientation. Now it's up to the governor to use his authority over the National Guard to provide equal care for all Mississippi service member families. American service members risk their lives every day to protect liberty and equality all over the world. It's time to show them the same basic fairness when it comes to protecting their own families in their home state.

Over the past year, the Obama Administration has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to shut down one fracking-related water contamination investigation after another. When early results of investigations in Dimock, Pennsylvania, Parker County, Texas and Pavillion, Wyoming showed that the EPA had evidence linking gas drilling and fracking operations to groundwater contamination, your administration chose to "see no evil" and abandon the investigations -- and the communities suffering the impacts of oil and gas development as a result. We want to remind President Obama that he represents the American people, not the oil and gas industry.

Rev. Acree excels in... Progressively raising awareness of issues while developing answers with action plans. Organizing community members to promote cross generational civic engagement. Working programs that educate, culturally expose and develop social and emotional growth amongst neighborhoods. Engaging diverse groups to become financially empowered and fight for economic equality as well as quality health care for ALL. Revolutionizing cultural moral by instilling a positive mindset that equips people with a loving pride that enhances the quality of their life. Sign this petition in support of his candidacy and your belief in the NAACP's desire to grow even more.

The numbers are startling. Each day, an average of 71 cases of sexual assault happen in America's military. That's more than 26,000 per year. To make matters worse, these victims are unable to have their cases heard by independent military prosecutors. Instead, these cases work their way through the chain of command, where they're often ignored and swept under the rug. Led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, bipartisan leaders in the U.S. Senate have proposed the Military Justice Improvement Act, to ensure that these victims of sexual assault get justice. Here's the problem: As of this moment, Arizona's U.S. Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, have not signed on to co-sponsor this critical legislation. As Senator McCain himself has said, we've been talking about the issue for years and talk is insufficient. The time is now. And you have a voice. Sign our petition and demand that Senators McCain and Flake co-sponsor the Military Justice Improvement Act today.

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When Marylanders learned of the risks posed by fracking, they fought hard to protect the safety of their communities, earning a temporary moratorium on this controversial natural gas extraction technique. But this hard work could all be undone if Dominion Cove Point is allowed to build a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Chesapeake Bay to export fracked gas. Help stop this project by writing to Gov. Martin O’Malley! The Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal would be the first of its kind on the East Coast and would open up the natural gas reserves in the Eastern part of the country to foreign markets. If this facility is approved, it would encourage the oil and gas industry to frack as much and as quickly as possible so that they can sell the gas overseas where the price is higher, while hiking up the price of natural gas here at home. In addition to the immediate environmental destruction of a renewed gas rush, the upward pressure on natural gas prices could threaten existing moratoriums in Maryland and other places where fracking has been put on hold. Maryland has a pivotal role to play in this historic fight. That’s why we need your help!

The Los Angeles City Abatement Department spends roughly $28 million dollars per year to paint over tagging and art work from private and public properties. With the recently lifting of the decade old mural ban, we see an opportunity for youth to learn about civic empowerment through the permit process at the district and city levels. We feel education and hands on experience through our ART PEACE PARK initiative can help ensure the new outdoor murals ordinances are understood and used in a manner all can enjoy. We are asking The City of Los Angeles to dedicate 1% of the budget they are spending on the current abatement program for educational initiatives like Art Peace Park.

San Franciscans have a right to redeem their bottles and cans for the California Redemption Value they pay at the store. Without the recycling centers that Safeway hosts, San Franciscans will lose a convenient way to get their money back.

Join us to call on the US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power to do the following: take a strong role in pushing for a ceasefire and a negotiated solution for Syria during the Geneva II Convention, push for an increase in US aid to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, and urge the United Nations to ban the use of killer drones.

As a first year Ph.D. student in the chemistry department at the University at Buffalo, the impending negative ramifications of federal budget sequestration as a result of Public Law 112-25 are of paramount interest to me. This issue directly impacts all fields of science, including my profession. Being an entry level scientist in an academic setting, I am deeply concerned about the longevity and availability of governmental scientific funding for public universities and national laboratories.

Because our school district can not even afford paper to print classroom assignments but prisoners can go to college free in most states. When budgets are cut education always goes first and in the same vote government officials are given pay raises. WHY NOT MAKE PRISONS USE BOX TOPS AND LET SCHOOLS BE FULLY FUNDED?!?!?!!!

Multiple business owners, employees & patrons feel unsafe at Carmel’s Clay Terrace Shopping Mall. A recent assault on a 17-year-old girl is the work of a man who’s been lurking around the mall for some time. The perpetrator had 3 other males in his white car & got away. Clay Terrace Partners & Carmel Police Department cannot do anything to protect citizens without proper Security Surveillance Cameras on Property to see & catch perpetrators or thieves.