After more than a century as a colony of the U.S., Puerto Rico deserves a serious approach in the part of the President and Congress to solve our political status. We are tired of the the usual spiel or litany that we have to take action first and decide what we want. No, we need to know what are you willing to accept as a non-territorial status to conform the policy of the United Nations. Then we will conduct a plebiscite with the options acceptable to you. Results will be transmitted immediately for final action.

My friend, Rachel Ronan, was wrongfully terminated after telling her work, Super Cuts in Mandeville, LA, that she would need time off to say goodbye to her son, a US Marine- who was to be deployed to Libya.

my petition is about the 120,000 black and Latino boys of ages 14-18 stopped and searched that many times by New York police

Stop the pipeline at the border. DO NOT install it piecemeal inside the U.S. DO NOT destroy our country to make a Canadian corporation more wealthy.

Stop the pipeline at the border. DO NOT install it piecemeal inside the U.S. DO NOT distroy our country to make a Canadian corporation more wealthy.

"Some" candidates ads have no regard for the truth, in their efforts to win at ANY cost. This attitude undermines democracy and serves the interests of dishonest people, at the expense of "the 99%" of the American Public. Before the next presidential election, we need to handle this situation. The League of Women Voters sponsors presidential "debates". Let's petition them to sponsor a "Responsible for Your Ads" event in which the candidates address EACH of their opponents' ads -- and defend their ads -- with fact-checkers present. "I approved this message," is not enough. An "accountable for your ads" event will compel political campaigns to clean up their act and so help clean up politics.

Yes, I have been effected by the high cost of insurance in Texas.

My brother is fighting to protect his rights to see his daughter without interference of the court ordered agreement by his child's mother. She has interfered with the order over 5 (documented) times and still nothing has been done. Why do double standards have to exist in these types of cases? I am concerned that the stereotype of the 'deadbeat dad' has negatively affected my brother's case. Here's a father who is fighting the right way, and has been let down by the very system that's supposed to be fair and just. The Attorneys involved have the opportunity to right the wrongs in this case and many others like it. Let's stop this vicious cycle of pounding on men who are fighting to help raise their children!

My family and business have relied on Apple products for decades. Overall, I think it is a good company. Yes, Apple makes some poor choices. But, what REALLY drives me crazy is that my business can't get iPhone and iPad service from CREDO Mobile! When using AT&T or Verizon, our dollars go to candidates who think I should not be guaranteed equal pay for equal work or that corporate executives have a right to determine what reproductive health care women have access to. So, doing business with AT&T is self-defeating. Yes, we could jump to other devices, but we rely upon iPhone-compatible tools. And, yes, we could jump to Sprint. But where we local, progressive, Apple lovin' business owners want to be is on CREDO -- where our business dollars will go to politicians who work to make our lives better, not harder. This as a win-win-win-win: CREDO gets thousands of new mobile and data plans; Sprint (which I THINK hosts CREDO) might get help meeting their iPhone quota; Apple sells devices to all of those hold-out progressives, and those progressive would be heard through their dollars and CREDO Action. Please join me in asking Apple CEO Tim Cook to finally set up an agreement for the iPhone with CREDO Mobile and give progressive business owners what they really want: iPhones on CREDO!

My petition is about all the homeless in America and the empty houses not being used. All the people who go to bed hungry each night.

The government has made it a policy to murder persons, including american citizens without trials using drone bombs resulting in thousands of civilian deaths and america losing its standing abroad as a nation that respects due process. This policy should be stopped in favour of using laws and courts.

We recognize that creativity is required to solve the complex challenges society faces, and that Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) alone may not be enough. The flexible thinking, risk taking, and creative problem-solving techniques that are taught through art and design are needed for innovation in today's changing world. We encourage the support of House Resolution 319: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into Federal programs that target the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.