This is an urgent issue because 350,000 acres of Nevada land has been sold with more due to be auctioned and fracking is set to begin this year. In states where hydraulic fracturing is occurring such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wyoming, and Texas, evidence of cancer, asthma, neurological issues, and death as a result of contamination have been documented. Some of those studying these risks are scientists and professors at Cornell, UC Berkley, Yale, Harvard, and Penn State (to name a few). Another critical risk is to our food supply. Livestock deaths from fracking fluids seeping into pastures pose serious risks to our food supply: 1) the cattle can directly enter our food supply by being sent to slaughter 2) they can be ground up into feedstock and fed to pigs and chickens which then enter our food supply. Another issue is contaminated crops through seepage of fracking fluids onto farmlands. There are numerous pathways of contamination that puts public health at risk. If we fail to allow time for research, the costs associated with these could far exceed any projected revenue from drilling. Nevada wants a moratorium in order to allow science time to study the potential risks of hydraulic fracturing. Esta cuestión es urgente porque se han vendido unos 350,000 acres en Nevada y hay otros que están a punto de ser subastados, y se proyecta que fracturación hidráulica va a comenzar este año. En los estados en que se está practicando la fracturación hidráulica, como Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wyoming y Texas, hay evidencia documentada de cáncer, asma, problemas neurológicos y muerte producida por la contaminación. Entre los que están estudiando estos riesgos hay científicos y profesores de Cornell, UC Berkeley, Yale, Harvard y Penn State (entre otras universidades).

President Obama is reportedly considering Larry Summers, known for his outdated, chauvinistic views of women, to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. I'm asking Senate Democrats to oppose Summers' confirmation if President Obama picks him to be the next Fed chairman.

I am tired of playing guessing games on whether or not the grocery purchases that I am making for my family contain genetically modified organisms. GMO's need to be clearly labeled on our groceries so we are well aware of what we are purchasing.

The early release of my younger brother, Malik White for a lack of evidence. He has been wrongfully incarcerated for the past 7 years from the age of 16. Our family has lost time with our beloved son, brother, uncle, friend and cousin. Our family has expending all of our resources to bring this young man home so we may be able to fulfill our goal to leave a legacy of success and promise for the future.

Military sexual assault prosecutions need to be removed from the chain of command. Currently, the officer in charge of the victim decides if the perp is prosecuted, even if he is the perpetrator!

President Obama has suggested that he is interested in recruiting former NYC police Commissionser, Ray Kelly, author of Stop and Frisk to the post of Head of Homeland Security despite Kelly's record of racially profiling approx. 480,000 Black and Latino dark-skinned individuals.

While serving in the military, I was sexually assaulted but fear stopped me from reporting it. Imagine being separated from loved ones and being forced to suffer such a violent act with no one to protect you. It is a crime for prosecution! Your loved one should be protected and signing this petition lets our voice be heard.

The Parents and Community stakeholders at 13th Avenue Elementary School in conjunction with the PTA hereby request the Newark Public School District through a demand by the Assistant Superintendent, and/or his designee[s] to rescind the proposed dismantling and removal of the Parent Room.

In California, hundreds of prisoners have been held in solitary for more than a decade – some for infractions as trivial as reading Machiavelli's "The Prince." Gabriel Reyes describes the pain of being isolated for at least 22 hours a day for the last 16 years: “Unless you have lived it, you cannot imagine what it feels like to be by yourself, between four cold walls, with little concept of time...It is a living tomb...I have not been allowed physical contact with any of my loved ones since 1995...I feel helpless and hopeless. In short, I am being psychologically tortured.” It's a practice so cruel that a United Nations torture rapporteur called for an international ban on the practice except in rare occasions. That’s why over 30,000 prisoners in California began a hunger strike – the biggest the state has ever seen. They’re refusing food to protest prisoners being held for decades in solitary and to push for other changes to improve their basic conditions. California Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard has tried to dismiss the strikers and refuses to negotiate. And to add insult to injury, the hunger strikers are now facing retaliation – their lawyers are being restricted from visiting and the strikers are being punished. But the media continues to write about the hunger strike and we can help keep the pressure on Secretary Beard by signing the petition.

Numerous employers - like McDonald’s, Kohl’s, Sears, Qdoba, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell - automatically enroll or mandate that their employees be paid via high fee payroll debit cards instead of traditional checks. The debit card's fees - for everything for withdrawing money to checking balances - often take such a big bite out of paychecks that some workers end up making less than the minimum wage. It's time to end this predatory practice in Wisconsin.

While serving in the military, I was sexually assaulted, but fear stopped me from reporting it. Imagine being separated from loved ones and being forced to suffer such a violent act with no one to protect you. It is a crime for prosecution! Your loved ones should be protected, and signing this petition lets our voices be heard.

This petition urges Senator Lisa Boscola to support the bill for marriage equality in the Pennsylvania State Legislature