Just two weeks ago, Senators from both sides of the aisle raised their voices in support of 11 million undocumented immigrants — daughters and sons, students and entrepreneurs. Although the bill isn't perfect, Democrats and Republicans took real leadership to get a bill passed in the Senate. But the House suffers from a lack of such leadership. Speaker Boehner continues to stall and says he won’t let the House vote on the Senate’s legislation – and obstructing a vote that would keep families together is not what you’d expect from a leader. Tell Speaker Boehner, “NO MÁS!” It’s time he steps up on immigration reform to keep our families together!

30 million hard working minimum wage workers earn less now than they did 45 years ago.

Delrod Spearman, was a son, a brother and a best friend to many

You think it's hard raising a toddler? Try doing it without a home! My name is Danielle Stelluto, and I am a home care worker from the Bronx, New York City who is raising two children in a shelter because I cannot find housing I can afford. Why should you care? Because I am one of 11 million residents who is still in search of stable, affordable housing. Are you searching too? While we are searching for a basic living situation, the Federal Housing and Finance Agency (FHFA), under Acting Director Ed DeMarco, has illegally withheld hundreds of millions of dollars from low-income affordable housing. Just in 2012 alone, the FHFA and DeMarco withheld more than $382 million from affordable housing, enough for tens of thousands of families to find and secure housing they can afford. Today I am urging President Obama to immediately work to ensure this funding for affordable housing, either with current Acting Director Ed DeMarco or Nominee Mel Watt. The FHFA has been violating a 2008 law that mandates that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, overseen by FHFA, contribute a portion of their revenue each year to the National Housing Trust Fund- a fund dedicated to creating housing for extremely low-income families. Fannie Mae is posting record profits, $17.2 billion for 2012 alone, but not a cent of those funds has gone to the National Housing Trust Fund. If fully funded, the affordable housing trust would create millions of low-income affordable rental homes for US residents in need. With over 11 million families and seniors in need of affordable homes right now, we cannot afford to wait any longer. The FHFA and DeMarco must stop breaking the law! I ,Danielle Stelluto, a member of the Right to the City Alliance, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and my fellow plaintiffs Angela Samuels and Rossana Torres of Miami have joined forces to file a lawsuit against the FHFA and Acting Director DeMarco to get them to contribute, as legally required, to the National Housing Trust Fund. Think veterans, seniors, and single moms like me deserve an affordable home? Well, Sign on to join us!

If your child is coerced or seduced by an Adult Sexual Predator into agreeing to have sex, the current legal statutes leave you no legal means to address the issue The statutes on sexual contact with minors in Ohio designate that it is legal for a child age 16 or older to agree to have sexual intercourse. While it is illegal in Ohio for people under the age of 18 to purchase tobacco or to vote and, a person needs to be 21 to purchase alcohol, and photos or videos of naked people of either sex under the age of 18 are designated "child pornography"....Yet, the age of sexual consent in Ohio is 16 years of age with no qualifying statements regarding the age difference of the participants. Sex between 16 year olds is a far different social issue than sexual contact between an older Adult of more than 5 years of age difference and a more than 16 but still under 18 year old teen. This leads to not only confusion and distress on the part of Teens and their Parents, it complicates legal proceedings unnecessarily. If your child is coerced or seduced by an Adult Sexual Predator into agreeing to have sex, the current legal statutes leave you no legal means to address the issue.

The US military holds 166 foreign captives at the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. According to the latest official figures 106 are currently participating in a hunger strike in protest over their continued detention, with 45 being force-fed as of July 8, 2013.

"The stars at night are big and bright..." Texas is famous for our magnificent dark, starry nights. From teaching our kids about astronomy and the mysteries of the universe to sharing a romantic night with a loved one, our starry skies are a treasured natural wonder. But wasteful outdoor lighting from unshielded, over-lit fixtures is obscuring the night sky. This "light pollution" can disturb sleep, harm animals, create dangerous or unattractive glare, reduce safety and waste energy. There's a simple solution - shielding outdoor lighting and reflecting it back to the ground, where we want it (which then allows us to reduce the size of bulb needed for the task). For example, the Austin American Statesman reported that Austin Energy "is replacing 70,000 upward-shining streetlights with more nighttime-friendly shielded flat lights." On Wednesday, the West Lake Hills city council will consider taking action to reduce light pollution. Learn more about regional efforts to protect the Hill Country night sky at www.hillcountrynightskies.org

WE THE PEOPLE Demand THAT all of the $100 billion in annual business (give aways) subsidies be revoked and all Tax breaks for both exporting jobs, and Hiring overseas for Jobs in America be recinded !

State Representative Luis Arroyo should come out in favor of SB10, Marriage equality. The 3rd State Representative District is a culturally accepting and diverse district that includes Logan Square, Galewood, Montclare, Belmont-Cragin, and other amazing neighborhoods. Our community is clearly progressive and tolerant and we expect our State Representative to be tolerant and accepting too! For the past few months, Luis Arroyo has dodged his constituents when asked about his position on SB10. Democrat State Representative Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) voted to get the bill out of committee but would not guarantee his support on the House floor, citing his religious faith and the churches in his district as his reasons for not supporting it. This makes no sense to many people in our district. The bill itself does not force a religious institution to perform a same sex marriage or change any laws that could force a religious institution to do anything that goes against its own values or beliefs. SB10 is a simple civil law that helps many and hurts no one. This petition will show Arroyo that our district supports marriage equality and will convince him to vote yes for SB10 when it eventually comes up for a vote in the Illinois House. Representante Estatal Luis Arroyo debe salir a favor de SB10, la igualdad Matrimonio. La tercera Representante Estatal del Distrito es un distrito culturalmente receptivo y diverso que incluye Logan Square, Galewood, Montclare, Belmont-Cragin y otros barrios increíbles. ¡Nuestra comunidad es claramente progresista y tolerante, y esperamos que nuestro representante del estado sea tolerante y receptivo también!

Impeach all signers of the Grover Norquist agreement for breach of contract due to the explicit conflict between the agreement and the U.S. Constitution they swore to uphold.

David Koch, the oil and gas billionaire who has spent millions funding climate change denial, union-busting, and anti-government politicians, does not belong on the Board of Trustees at WGBH. Boston’s WGBH is the largest producer of national content for PBS, including the science program NOVA. David Koch has donated millions to climate change denial think tanks, proactively seeking to misinform Americans and undermine accurate scientific reporting. Someone with his anti-science track record should not have any role overseeing NOVA, or any other WGBH programming. Until recently, David Koch also sat on the board of WNET, New York City’s PBS affiliate. While he was on the board, WNET aired "Park Avenue", a film focused on the money, power, and inequality associated with New York's wealthiest residents, which included David Koch. Koch was offered an opportunity to write a statement rebutting the program, and WNET televised that statement immediately after the broadcast—an unheard of consideration. Not only that, the agency of public television that curated "Park Avenue", ITVS, pulled its funding from another film that featured David and Charles Koch, "Citizen Koch", apparently due to concerns that it would upset WNET and David Koch. This clear example of how Koch’s oversight can lead to journalistic self-censorship, together with Koch’s lengthy history of devoting millions to misinform Americans about climate change, can only lead to one conclusion: David Koch does not belong on the WGBH board.

We support giving the voters the right to vote on a school facilities bond this November 2013