The Children’s Place produced apparel at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh before the factory collapsed in a horrific industrial homicide, killing over 1,100 garment workers and leaving children bereft of a parent, grandparent, brother, or sister. And yet, the company still refuses to compensate the families of the victims and to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a binding agreement that would prevent tragedies like this and save countless lives. The Children’s Place has blood on its hands, and the Accord is the only credible way for the company to begin to make it right. It’s no surprise that brands like Gap and Walmart are still refusing to fix their deathtrap factories by signing the Accord — after all, they’re the ringleaders of the failed approach to worker safety that led to over 1,100 deaths at Rana Plaza, and they’re deeply committed to keeping their public images clean through massive expenditures on public relations and lobbying instead of investment in meaningful factory safety. The Children’s Place, on the other hand, has no excuse. This little-known brand, a New Jersey-based retailer of children’s apparel, has mostly flown under the radar since it was discovered that in the eight months leading up to the Rana Plaza industrial homicide, a factory in the building produced over 120,000 pounds of clothing for The Children’s Place. It’s long overdue for The Children’s Place to start to make amends to the thousands of children who were orphaned by the Rana Plaza collapse. We’ve tried repeatedly to communicate with the company to give them a chance to do the right thing, but they’ve ignored us. Apparently they’d rather put their heads in the sand and hope we don’t notice that they have the blood of hundreds of garment workers on their hands. But we will never forget, and we will never go away until they do the right thing.

Our groundwater, farms, and native habitats are negatively impacted by the Closed Basin Project. It must cease operation to ensure the health of these lands

Jon is a great dad to baby Bree, and he deserves a day of appreciation on his first Father's Day.

The lack of adult dental care in California has undermined the state’s healthcare infrastructure. Children’s dental disease, especially among the poor, is at epidemic levels in the state, according to the United States Surgeon General. My mother is a disabled Medi-Cal recipient, and the restoration of these funds would allow her to see the dentist again.

After 25,000 people signed the petition, and after thousands of phone calls, emails, and faxes, SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, passed the State Senate on an overwhelming vote of 28-11! Now it's up to the Assembly to finish the job by doing the same. SB 52 will strike a blow against the unlimited hidden money unleashed by Citizens United by shining a bright light on the shadowy interests who depend on secrecy to influence elections. The California DISCLOSE Act (Senate Bill 52, Leno-Hill), sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign and endorsed by Progressives United, local MoveOn.org counsels, and over 300 other organizations and leaders, would mandate clear and prominent disclosure of who is behind political TV, radio, print, and mass mailer ads -- on the ads themselves. Join the California Clean Money Campaign and Progressives United by signing our petition to urge state legislators to pass the California DISCLOSE Act today.

Partisanship and gridlock characterize policy making at both state and federal levels of government. 21% of NM registered voters are not registered to either party (18% are decline to state/independent voters). Closed primaries serve the interests of the political parties and not the people. Top 2 nonpartisan primaries put the power where it belongs - WITH THE PEOPLE.

The long term unemployed have become invisible in the US economy and seek to have our concerns addressed.

If the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners approves the future land-use amendment for Briarwood, many people will become homeless and many species will be destroyed, including bald eagles.

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Brownback

At the start of every school day, my daughter's teacher reminds her 4th grade class about the importance of making good choices. As concerned parents and community members, we're asking you to make a good choice by supporting Superintendent Green's proposed 2013-14 budget. For years, Guilford County Schools (GCS) has served a growing number of students without increased funding from the County--even as utilities and other expenses have skyrocketed. Anyone who has balanced a checkbook understands that this can't work for long without serious negative consequences for our students. Superintendent Green has made it clear that without full funding from the County Commissioners, students and families will feel deep cuts at all levels. You can make sure this doesn't happen. Please make a good choice for our students and our community by fully funding the proposed GCS budget.

Like me, you are probably also depending on loans to get your degree. Congress is considering options for dealing with the student loan program. Some of these would punish us for the budget deficit, other options, like Senator Warren's would give us a dependable, low-cost source for funding our education.