The time has come to stand up and say enough is enough to the murders. Nothing gets the attention of a state like cutting off the flow of money into that state. If you agree that enough is enough, and the time has come to make a change for the better, than sign this petition and pass it on to everyone you know.

A controversial rezoning issue threatens to deprive our neighborhoods of a sorely needed open space park in the most recreationally under-served region of Gwinnett County, Georgia. The 130 acres of undeveloped land, locally known as "The Range", is owned by Cisco Systems and is currently under a sales contract between Cisco and a developer. Making use of a contingency clause in the contract, Rocklyn Homes is trying to rezone The Range to permit construction of 399 homes, which promises to adversely impact the quality of life for all neighbors. If they succeed in rezoning, we can forget any and all chances of preserving the land for an open space park in one of Gwinnett's most populous census tracts. Please help us persuade our county commissioners to flat out deny Rocklyn Homes' application for rezoning. Not "approve"...and not "approve with conditions"...but to flat out "DENY"!

No sulfide mine has ever been successfully operated and closed without polluting nearby waters with sulfuric acid and toxic metals. But sulfide mines are being proposed for the first time in Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters and Lake Superior where they put our water and economy at risk. The cost for taxpayers to clean up sulfide mines in other states is estimated at $20 billion. Governor Dayton can protect our state's waters by demanding proof that mining companies can answer "yes" to these 4 simple questions. You can learn more about sulfide mining at www.miningtruth.org

The founding fathers needed a central meeting place to come together and discuss the concerns of their citizens. Now, with the amount of money that flows into the District of Columbia, politicians see this place as making it to the Big Leagues, that they are the Superstars. Is it any wonder why they are out of touch with those they represent? The internet now makes it possible for politicians to meet and work from home; where they can see the affect their policies have on their constituents. Having them meet online would limit the ability of money to influence a greater number of politicians. This idea would also make meetings that need to happen behind closed doors for national security reasons more transparent, because there would be more news coverage if they were the only ones in D.C.

Hundreds of fast food employees across the nation have walked out on strike this week. We've had enough of not being able to make ends meet on minimum wage, or barely more, while the corporations we work for make huge profits. It makes a huge difference when people like you stand with us. Shalonda Williams in New York was temporarily fired from Wendy's after she went on a one-day strike – but because people like you had her back, she was reinstated that same day. That's what happens when we stand together. We've all had it with fast food chains not paying workers enough to survive. Please add your name in solidarity!

Russia's elected leaders are out of control -- and we can't stand for it any longer. First came a ban on the adoption of Russian-born children not only to gay couples but also to any couple or single parent living in any country where marriage equality exists. Then came a law allowing police officers to arrest tourists and foreign nationals they suspect of being homosexual, lesbian or “pro-gay” and detain them for up to 14 days. And then the "gay propaganda" law, making any parent who tells their child that being gay is okay, any Pride parade organizer, any health official distributing information regarding safe sex between same-sex partners, even a judge or lawyer, can be subject to arrest or fine. Already people are being arrested, beaten, intimidated and more. One lawmaker even vowed that foreign nationals attending the 2014 Sochi Olympics would be subject to this. The St. Petersburg Assembly led the way for the "gay propaganda" law, legalizing it in 2012. The Los Angeles City Council failed to take action then, and Russia took the law nationwide recently. It is time for action now. In 1979, Los Angeles suspended its sister city relationship with Tehran, Iran over the hostage crisis. We can and should do so now. If we build enough pressure in advance of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Russia will be forced to act. Sign with me to tell the Los Angeles City Council: sever your sister city relationship with St. Petersburg.

Safeway, Starbucks and Target have something in common: They’re all dues-paying members of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), a group that is determined to deny you the right to know if your food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Last year, the GMA spent $2 million to help defeat California’s Prop 37, a citizens’ initiative that would have required mandatory labeling of GMOs in food products in California. (In all, GMA and its members contributed about half of the $46 million spent to defeat Prop 37). Now the GMA is at it again, pouring money into the campaign to defeat a similar initiative, I-522, in Washington State. By supporting the GMA, Safeway, Starbucks and Target are working to defeat your right to know. The battle in Washington State will have a huge impact on consumer rights. If I-522 passes, food manufacturers will likely reformulate their products, rather than label them. And if they reformulate their products in Washington State, they’ll likely reformulate them for all states – just as they’ve reformulated them in Europe and other countries that have GMO labeling laws. If we want the same right that consumers in 64 other countries have, we must demand that right. We must win in Washington State in November. We can start by making it clear to Safeway, Starbucks and Target that we won’t support their companies or their products, until they support our right to know and pressure the GMA to do the same.

Daylight Savings Time (DST) disrupts everyone's schedules, and, in turn, their lives. This has a negative impact on people's health and other vital aspects which constitute their happiness. Leave time alone; it does a fine job all by itself and does not need our help!

Lost in the story of Detroit's bankruptcy (the biggest municipal bankruptcy in history) were all the bankrupted dreams of the communities of color targeted for predatory home loans. Detroit had the highest foreclosure rate in the country at the peak of the housing crisis, and years later, homeowners like Rubbie McCoy, a single mother of four, are still dealing with the stress and fear of losing their home. Rubbie was the victim of predatory and discriminatory lending that devastated Black and Latino borrowers especially. And it wasn't just wrong--it was illegal. Now Rubbie is finally getting her day in court - as a plaintiff in an ACLU-backed lawsuit, by challenging Morgan Stanley for its instrumental role in racially discriminatory lending practices. But that's just the tip of the iceberg in Wall Street's role in discriminatory lending, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. What we need now is for the Department of Justice to do its part to stand up for all the Rubbies out there and finally hold all the big banks accountable for financing illegal and discriminatory lending practices. Sign the petition today urging Attorney General Eric Holder to take Wall Street banks to court for violating the Fair Housing Act.

With unemployment still around 7.6% Americans need to work America's jobs. I've recently been working in the oil fields of North Dakota, living in a man camp and surrounded by foreigners working in skilled trades. In Tioga North Dakota on the south end of town is a gasification plant being built by kiewit and MMR construction. This job site employs about 1,500 craftsmen of which 80% are foreign, most likely legally in the United States on work visas. I have recently been in touch with the department of homeland security to seek verification of their legal status in this country. The response I got from I.C.E. was without proof of illegal activity they would be unwilling to conduct an investigation. I'm here to tell the federal government put Americans to work! These migrant workers aren't doing the work we won't do, they are taking a high paying position from an American. Help me convince congress and Obama that Americans should hold American jobs!

In the past few years, the drilling industry has created tens of billions of gallons of fracking waste, which is often laced with cancer-causing and even radioactive material. Shockingly, fracking and drilling pollution is exempt from our cornerstone national hazardous waste laws. The result is simple and jaw-dropping: Fracking waste can be sprayed on our roads as a deicer, stored in open waste pits that overflow into our waterways -- and some Western communities are using it as water for livestock. We can fix this, thanks to Pennsylvania’s very own Rep. Matthew Cartwright’s CLEANER Act, which will finally regulate dangerous fracking and drilling waste. This toxic waste has already made its way into our streams, rivers and drinking water sources, putting our health and environment at risk. Consider: * Fracking waste discharged at a sewage treatment plant in Pittsburgh led to a drinking water advisory for nearby communities. * 44,000 barrels of drilling wastewater was discharged into Bucks County’s Neshaminy Creek through a local sewage plant. * And, just a few months ago, a wastewater hauler illegally dumped 250,000 gallons of fracking wastewater into the Mahoning River in Ohio. The CLEANER Act would help curb the toxic waste threat our communities face every day, such as these, by requiring the tracking of every gallon of fracking waste from the day it’s created at the drilling site and help ensure safer disposal.

Questions for which we never receive answers: Did Congress vote themselves their annual pay raise? What do they pay for Health Care? Are they paid after leaving these positions?