As a former Marine company commander and U.S. State Department official, I have witnessed America’s “War on Terror” from the frontlines. But there's another war going on: a global war that's largely been hidden from our view. It runs rampant with ever-growing kill lists, drone strikes and deadly night raids. Devoid of effective external review, oversight or accountability, it is single handedly executed by the President of the United States. As a result, signature strikes are killing masses of innocent people in the American public’s name. Once a liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war and torture, President Obama personally oversees a rapidly expanding 'Kill List;’ multiplying signature drone strikes in undeclared war zones around the world, from Yemen to Pakistan; and a covert war in Somalia. These signature strikes cannot distinguish between a legitimate terrorist and the many innocent villager bystanders being wiped out – mothers, children, or as we found out last week, American Citizens. That’s why I speak out about it in my friend and colleague, Jeremy Scahill’s, upcoming film, Dirty Wars, in theatres June 7, 2013.

When Exxon merged with Mobil in 1999, the newly merged company ended Mobil's domestic partner benefits program for gay employees. Today, Exxon Mobil denies spousal benefits to all legally married gay employees. The Human Rights Campaign has given Exxon Mobil a score of negative 25 in its Corporate Equality Index -- a scorecard that rates 1000 companies on criteria ranging from diversity training, transgender-inclusive medical coverage to non-discrimination policies. It's the first time they've ever awarded a negative score to a company. It's 2013 and as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether the federal government will recognize legal marriages, it's time for Exxon and other employers do the same. Let's tell Exxon Mobil to stop discriminating against gay employees.

All of the politicians are making over 100K a year for working about 5 months a year. They aren't doing their jobs and are collecting more benefits for free than any of us can dream of. These companies that are buying "our" politicians to sway their votes is unconstitutional. Our politicians are all millionaires from these companies, so that do not act in our interests. It should be illegal!

Last month, a group of student activists at Minnesota's Macalester College held a peaceful sit in to demand the school stop doing business with Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo is the bank responsible for the most foreclosures in Minnesota, and Macalester uses the bank for cards that employees use to buy services or supplies for the school. Now the administration is punishing the student activists who took part in the sit-in--saying they aren't allowed to study abroad or participate in student government, sports, or internships. This overly-harsh punishment is out of step with Macalester's long tradition of student activism and free speech on campus. Stand in solidarity with Macalester students and alums and sign this petition telling the administration to drop this punishment and kick Wells Fargo off campus! If you're a Macalester alumni, sign the alumni pledge here: http://usas.org/2013/05/29/macalester-alumni-pledge

Corporations and their political allies are trying to prevent the Senate from confirming President Obama's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. Why? So that they won't have to worry about the laws that protect your rights at work, including your right to use Facebook, Twitter and other online forums on your own time to discuss things like unreasonable hours, a bad boss, or other workplace problems. You see, the National Labor Relations Board enforces the National Labor Relations Act, the law that protects the right of private sector workers to discuss their working conditions and try to make things better. The NLRB makes sure that workers get their jobs back if they have been illegally fired for airing their opinions of their employers on social networks. Republicans plan to stop the NLRB from enforcing the law by abusing the Senate rules and using silent filibusters to prevent confirmation of President Obama’s nominees. The Democratic majority has the power to close the loopholes in the Senate rules to stop these filibusters on qualified nominees. But they will only act if we demand action. Sign the petition to demand that the Senate take the necessary steps confirm all five members of the National Labor Relations Board.

Despite the outcry from the people of the City of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel declares that the largest school closing in history is "difficult but necessary." Still, he announces a plan to spend millions of dollars for a12,000-seat arena for DePaul University at McCormick Place, a proposal that will require taxpayer dollars. Join DePaul Students/Faculty/Alumni in demanding that Rahm Emanuel use this money instead to keep the closing schools open.

THESE BILLS NEED TO BE ENFORCE, IN ORDER FOR EACH BILL TO MAKE DUKE ENERGY CLEAN UP ITS ACT, OR LEAVE NC. BILL 365-ENERGY ACT REFORM-STOP BLOCKING NEW ENERGY-AND ENERGY COMPANIES, BILL-328 SOLID WASTE MGMT ACT REFORM, AND BILL 484 PERMITTING WIND ENERGY FACILITIES IN NC. ¡YA QUE DUKE ENERGY ESTÁ BLOQUEANDO NUEVA ENERGÍA, Y LA ENERGÍA LIMPIA, VIOLANDO LA LEY FEDERAL, ESTOS PROYECTOS DE LEY SE DEBEN CUMPLIR EN NC Y EN OTROS ESTADOS TAMBIÉN!

Those with money, resources, and unlimited opportunity insists an increase of minimum wage would be disastrous to unskilled workers, and unemployment would increase. The bottom line is centered on reducing poverty and increasing standard of living; but failure is resulting due to power structure insistence on the effects of loss of profits or increase in expenses. The wealth gap has expanded in favor of the 'Haves', while the 'Have nots' were introduced to Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to curve Public Opinion and offset low income living wage.

This pipeline brings hazardous tar sands and toxic chemicals more than 2000 miles across 6 states and is buried less than 20 miles from my home. Many of us have fought hard to prevent this from flowing. You have the power to stop it.

Unlike 62 other countries that currently label GMOs, politicians in Washington continue to protect corporate profits over the public's right-to-know what is in our food. Maine can do better. There’s a bill with broad bi-partisan support in the state legislature this year that would label GMOs in Maine. With big, out of state companies in the biotech and food producing industries pressuring lawmakers to leave GMOs unlabeled, Maine legislators need to hear from you!

John McCain and Lindsey Graham, using their unjustified prominent position in top media, are pushing for U.S. military intervention in Syria's sectarian civil war. Urge President Obama and Congress to keep the U.S. out of a new war, and to instead vigorously pursue diplomacy to support a negotiated political solution that ends the bloodshed.

We are a couple of 6th graders that go to LREI. We are doing a social justice project to get wrongfully convicted criminals out of jail in New York.