At Bitch Media, an international nonprofit feminist media organization (and the publishers of Bitch), we're looking into migrating our current email platform to a Gmail platform. It saves us a few dollars a year, and it allows us to access the incredible tools that Google provides to countless organizations just like ours around the globe. But we can't. Because we can't register a domain for Google Apps that has the word "bitch" in it. And well, we're Bitch Media. We know that not everyone’s down with the term. Believe us, we’ve heard all about it. But we stand firm in our belief that if we choose to reappropriate the word, it loses its power to hurt us. And if we can get people thinking about what they’re saying when they use the word, that’s even better. We're asking you to take a stance with us—and then we'll send the petition along to Google to make our case. So, what do you say? Will you take a stand with (for!) Bitch?

Employers, especially in the SF Bay Area, are bring in unqualified H1B1 workers because they are cheap. I see it time & time again in my work. Headhunters openlly admit it too me. It is doing a disservice to us because the H1B1 workers are simply getting free training here as they are not really trained for these programming positions. I'm a middle age women, having trouble getting a position in this field as it is dominated by H1B1 workers.

In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma is being offered federal funding that will provide 100% of the cost of expanding the state's existing Medicaid Program for 3 full years. This expansion will enable the state to provide healthcare coverage to up to 190,000 additional Oklahoma citizens who are currently uninsured. After the 3rd year, the amount of federal funds being provided to the state, will be incrementally reduced, until the state is receiving a maximum of 90% of the cost of the Medicaid expansion. At that time, Oklahoma will become responsible for covering the remaining 10% of the remaining expansion costs. Not only will accepting this funding significantly improve the health and the quality of life of many currently uninsured Oklahoma citizens, it will also provide substantial economic benefits for the state, by saving the state millions of dollars in uncompensated healthcare costs, and by creating thousands of new high-paying jobs in healthcare, and related fields, which will generate significant new tax revenues for the state of Oklahoma.

Ohio voters delivered a powerful message on Election Day, but legislators didn't get the message. The Ohio legislature is moving forward with two extreme and dangerous bills. One bill could defund Planned Parenthood, and the other bill would create the most extreme abortion ban in the country.

All votes on prop 37 were not accounted for , this is the action to hold accountability on our voting system

The Sportsmen Act would allow 41 US hunters to bring home polar bear carcasses that are trapped in Canada because of a ban on trophy imports, while polar bears are threatened with extinction as the arctic ice cap melts. This bill will also ban the EPA from regulating lead ammo and tackle, while eagles, condors and 75 species of birds are needlessly poisoned by lead left in the wild.

The Texas governor's position on funding public schools has impacted the school district's ability to provide increased teaching methods and increased salaries for public school employees for several years. Rick Perry has refused to accept much needed federal funding, resulting in school districts inability to effectively move forward. The ultimate "crime" is that Texas children are suffering and falling behind the nation's national averages in learning and achievement standards.

Unemployment rates are decreasing slowly yet far too many are having extreme difficulty locating employment along with family or friends who want and NEED to work to elevate the economy. We will be left out in the cold with no other resources to maintain living expenses or afford healthcare. Please speak out to have these benefits extended as they were previously for the 99ers and contact your state/federal officials ASAP so this can be addressed in the Fiscal Cliff Bill!

This Thanksgiving, while millions of families plan to spend quality time with their loved ones, Walmart Associates have been told we will be stocking shelves and preparing for sales starting at 8pm. I have worked at the Walmart in Kenosha, Wisconsin for 24 years, and while I love my job, I cannot silently watch while my fellow Associates are forced to be away from their families on Thanksgiving. My son is coming home from Afghanistan for the holiday, and I would be devastated if I had been scheduled to work. I see the disappointment and heartbreak in the eyes of my co-workers, especially those with young kids, who aren’t going to be able to share the holiday with their families. This early start to Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day is one more example of Walmart’s disconnect with the workers who keep the stores running and the company’s disregard for all of our families. As the largest employer in the country, Walmart could be setting a standard for businesses to value families, but instead, this is one more Walmart policy decision that hurts our families. Will you join me and tell Walmart to give Thanksgiving back to employees and their families by not starting sales on Thanksgiving Day?

Under the 21st century communication act, a certain percentage of T.V. shows, major movie studio released DVD's, and movie theaters are to have audio description for the blind and visually impaired. Some movie theaters in Sacramento and surrounding areas has discontinued their audio description service.

I am tired of the stigma associated with marijuana. It is less harmful and dangerous than either alcohol or tobacco. Marijuana should be legalized and regulated also. Let's end the prohibition on this plant

The redistricting efforts of 2011 have proven that political parties are more interested in their own priorities than in representing their constituencies. We have until 2020 to do something to prevent politicians from limiting the democratic process through partisan maneuvering of district boundaries. Gerrymandering is one of the most consistently undemocratic realities in this great country.