Hello my name is Christina. I am a student currently enrolled in Central High school of Philadelphia, which is about to lose alot of teachers and funding for activites due to the upcoming budget cuts. We as students would like a representative from the school district to come to our school and discuss the financing on the serious issues that will affect the future of our education!

Redistricting is happening in towns all across Connecticut. In Stratford, we are facing a move to isolate the two minority town council districts.

Yes, this year I just lost my 33 year old daughter to cervical cancer. She went into a year remission, but the cancer return2012. Help, those in need of medical aid. Know family should suffer not having help for a love one.

I know many people that depend on these benefits—including myself—and cutting Social Security will be devastating.

When our legistlators do not follow our wishes such as the gun control we can set up a vote them out of office campaign. Since millions signing petitions does not have impact(i spend time in washington for the Mass Med Society) then we have to have the same leverage as lobbyists, control over the election process!!

WE MUST ELIMINATE PRIVATE FINANCING OF ELECTIONS. MONEY CORRUPTS POLITICIANS

SINCE 2011 WE HAVE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO MODIFY OUR LOAN THROUGH WELLS FARGO. THE INVESTOR IS GOLDMAN SACHS. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH INCOME BUT WE NOW BOTH HAVE FULL TIME JOBS AND ARE ABLE TO AFFORD OUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT BUT THE INVESTOR IS STILL NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH US. THERE IS A FORECLOSURE SALE DATE OF MAY 20, 2013. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO URGE THE INVESTOR TO POSTPONE THE SALE DATE AND GIVE US A PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO HELP US KEEP OUR HOME.

For the first time in 30 years, New Mexico may open its doors to uranium mining. Uranium mining can cause permanent damage to our water supplies through the leaching of radioactive materials into groundwater, not to mention the fact that it takes millions of gallons of water a day to operate a mine. Worse yet—they want to mine on Mt. Taylor, a mountain sacred to the Navajo and Pueblos and the highest point in the Cibola National Forest. Allowing mining anywhere near the mountain would be devastating. Please sign the petition below and show the U.S. Forest Service that New Mexicans do not want this type of destruction in our state. Public comments are open until May 14.

The political group founded by Mark Zuckerberg, "Fwd.us", is spending more than a million dollars running ads to support candidates who voted the wrong way on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. And Facebook is reportedly rejecting ads that criticized Fwd.us for taking this action. This is absurd. Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg should not be supporting dirty energy and the political allies of dirty energy companies. Sign our petition to make sure Mark Zuckerberg hears how much we dislike this!

We believe that Dartmouth is not perfect, but we also love all that is good about The College on a Hill. We believe that Dartmouth needs real reform in order to improve and continue to excel at undergraduate education. We would like Dartmouth to change for the better - which requires true dialogue with listening on both sides, careful consideration and prolonged thought. Here are several articles on the situation from campus news sources: http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/20/inside-the-dimensions-debacle.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/29/opinion/vox http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/23/why-canceling-classes-tomorrow-matters.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/24/opinion/verbum http://dartreview.com/dartlog/2013/4/28/dear-protesters-its-time-to-stop-the-hijacking.html http://thedartmouth.com/2013/04/26/opinion/vox

When my fiancé and I first met it was love at first sight. We started dating, and haven’t left each others' side since. A couple years into our relationship we had our son. I promised him and his mother that they would never have to worry. I would always be there to provide for and take care of them. A short while later, we decided that we were growing out of our apartment and bought our first home. This home. At the time, it was a deal for the neighborhood it was in, but it was in need of a lot of updating. Nothing fancy, just a cozy three bedroom ranch with a nice backyard. It was perfect for our family. Just 18 short months, many thousands of dollars, and hours of time put into updating the house, the economy crashed. Home values went down, and the mortgage on our perfect fixer-upper was now underwater. Not long after that, the company that I worked for started to feel the crash. First my hours were cut, and then I was told that the economy and lack of customers were forcing them to lay off employees including me. Like many in Michigan, we were hit hard by the economic crisis, and have yet to pull out lives and finances out. Soon, we started to fall behind on our mortgage payments. Bank of America representatives called to try and find out why we were falling behind, and I explained our situation. I gave them all my income and expense information, and had hope as they claimed I was being reviewed for a modification. Weeks went by and then months as we waited to hear back. There were dozens of phone calls in both directions. Each Bank of America representative I spoke to gave me a different piece of advice or information. I was told by one rep to miss 5 months of payments on my mortgage, only to be told later by another one that to reinstate my loan, I needed to pay the equivalent of 5 payments at once. They suggested I get a roommate to add to my income, which I did, only to be told I still didn't meet the criteria. For 2 years the bank told us that a short sale wasn't an option because it was too close to the sale date. The only option they gave us was foreclosure. The foreclosure process began in January 2010, and after many sale dates set and cancelled, our home was actually sold in June of 2012. The bank never notified us of the sale, and we didn't find out about it until the bank's attorney sent us a letter that the 6 month window to protest the sale had ended. We now have days until we are officially homeless. We haven't been able to find a suitable apartment or rent a property to move to, and are still bewildered by how little regard was given to us through this process. We are a hard working family, always willing to go above and beyond to try and help others, yet Bank of America didn’t seem to see a need to try and work out any agreement with us. Please sign our petition. We are only asking the bank to rescind the foreclosure and come to the negotiating table for a real attempt to work this out. Thank you for taking the time to help my family Michael Benthin

While attempting to pitch immigration reform to conservative constituents in his home state of Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan astonishingly referred to the US-born children of undocumented immigrants using an ugly slur -- "anchor babies." Rep. Ryan offered no apology, and even suggested amending the Constitution so that these children are denied naturalization at birth. As a former vice-presidential nominee and key player in the GOP's future, Rep. Ryan knows better than to resort to language that only serves to rile up the fringe, anti-immigrant segment of his party. If he wants to attract Republican voters to truly bipartisan reform efforts, this isn't the way to do it. Demand Rep. Ryan apologize for his offensive words today.