• Driver's licenses for undocumented individuals in Florida
    Florida's roads are full of unlicensed, undocumented individuals who have lived in the U.S. for years and, because of the always pending immigration reform, cannot become legal residents. We need those individuals to be granted driver's licenses, so that we not only have safer roads and improve the ratio of insured drivers, but also address the marginalization of hundreds of thousands of Floridian families who are living in the shadows of a pending immigration reform. Let's do something about this!
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    Created by Renata Castro of The Immigration Law Organization at Nova Law
  • Governor Chafee: Einstein, Edison, Churchill would have failed High Stakes Tests!
    Albert Einstein was thrown out of 3 schools; Winston Churchill spent his school years at the bottom of his class; Edison and Tesla had trouble with learning in traditional ways and the list of the most brilliant and innovative minds of all time goes on and on. One size teaching fits no one. It takes teachers reading their students and monitoring their learning. Educational research has shown that mechanized tests do harm to all: children and, now, teachers and schools as well. Don't be duped by the corporate hype: corporate testing = big business = big profits!
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    Created by Lisa Roseman Beade
  • Pass VAWA now!
    The Violence Against Women Act has been incredibly effective in decreasing domestic violence in the United States. Yet there are still women killed every day by their husbands or boyfriends. Countless women still live in fear of abuse, and one in five have been victims of rape. The House should follow the Senate’s lead and pass the Violence Against Women Act right away.
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    Created by Jil McAleer
  • NCDOT: Save Maverick Farms
    Maverick Farms stands to loose substantial portions of its productive ground from a proposed NCDOT project to REROUTE an existing dead-end road through our farm fields to build new culvert bridges. Please let the NC DOT know that you stand for family farms everywhere -- they are vital community resources -- and that Maverick Farms' place in building a viable community-based food system cannot be quantified.
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    Created by Hillary Wilson
  • Affordable Education in Our Nation’s Capital
    The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is the only public college in our nation’s capital that confers bachelors and other advanced degrees. The District Council is threatening the existence UDC's four year BA and Masters programs for thousands of district residents and other students who lack the means to attend private colleges. Please join current and former students as well as education advocates in urging the District Council, Mayor and community to support this vital link in the chain of educational and economic uplift.
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    Created by We are UDC
  • ban one use plastic bags
    pure waste ends on roadways in trash and ocean
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    Created by patricia law
  • Gov. Christie : Lower our NJ Property Tax
    I am an owner of a one family residential house in Union, NJ, purchased in 1996. My property tax in 1996 was roughly $4,200 and now its $9,400 in 2012.
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    Created by Maximo Ninal, Jr.
  • protect women against violence
    I see women in my small community that are bullied by their husbands. many people just turn a blind eye. it seems that the more money the man has the less concern for the woman -- people, including law inforcement just turn their backs.
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    Created by Dawn
  • Houston Public Works: stop patching Fannin and Main streets...resurface them!
    The city of Houston, Texas has the best medical center in the country and one of the nicest sports venues in the U.S. in the Reliant Stadium but both of these signature Houston landmarks are located on and around streets which are barely driveable. I drive both of these routes daily and am constantly afraid that the very motor will be ripped out of my car. The city of Houston needs to completely resurface both Fannin and Main streets so that they are safe to drive without fear of permanent damage to your vehicle!
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    Created by Dalana Donatto
  • Fannie Mae: Don't evict our neighbor!
    Fannie Mae, the government-backed mortgage giant, is trying to evict our neighbor Vicenta Ortiz and her young children. Vicenta was foreclosed after being unfairly denied a modification on her predatory loan. A non-profit has offered to buy the home from Fannie Mae for current value and allow Ms. Ortiz and her family to stay in their Lynn, MA home with affordable payments. Instead, Fannie Mae is pushing forward with the eviction case. Details at http://www.LynnUnited.org/fannie-mae
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    Created by Isaac Simon Hodes
  • Congress; Do the right thing: equal pay for food service industry
    The young people are the bulk of emoyees in the restraurant industry. My daughter was graduating with school debt and working for essentially tips. No employer was responsible for providing a minimum wage. This needs to stop.
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    Created by Jeanne
  • PERA continues to be threatened by privatization ideology
    PERA has been around for 80 years and is successful and sustainable but is coming under attack by Right-wing Ideologues. PERA is only 2% of the Total State Budget, most coming from employees. I worked thirty one years with 8% coming out of my paycheck for my retirement. Now legislators want to take a huge economic stabilizer in our Colorado counties away and send money away to mutual fund managers in New York, San Francisco, etc.costing the state more.
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    Created by Cyndi Ortman