• Mr. President, Stop SB1070. Don't Deport Its Victims.
    Arizona is headed toward a crisis, but the President can stop it immediately. Because of Sheriffs like Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County, Arizona is already known for its abuse of power and some of the worst racial profiling in recent history. Now that the Supreme Court has allowed parts of the anti-immigrant law, SB1070, to go into effect, Arizona will get even worse unless we move the President to act. The civil rights violations that will sky rocket in Arizona under SB1070 can only be carried out if the federal government willingly cooperates and processes SB1070's victims for deportation after Sheriffs like Arpaio round them up. The President can stop racial profiling, prejudiced policing, and the separation of families, by cutting off Arizona's access to federal immigration enforcement.
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    Created by Carlos Garcia, Puente Arizona
  • Protect investors from fraud
    I am a victim of the Madoff fraud. I have been further victmized by SIPC, the agency created by the Congress in 1970 to insure investors for the securities they owned as stated on brokers' statement, in exchange for brokers no longer having to provide investors with paper certificates of ownership. Congress is now deliberating a new bill, HR 757, to clarify its intent to protect investors with the 1970 law. Investors should urge their congressional representatives to support HR 757 while this issue is being discussed.
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    Created by RALPH COHEN
  • Say " No " to the Tar Sands Pipeline in Vermont
    The proposal to build the Tar Sands Pipeline through Vermont From Canada is not in the best interest of Vermont. It will cause much destruction of natural areas with the potential of so much more, as well as affecting our drinking water. How can we even consider this project based on the reasons that we, Vermont, just banned fracking in our state. To a great degree this proposed project will affect us in the same way. We are promoting the practice in other countries / states if we agree to this project. So we ban fracking in our state and then we allow them to pipe what is being fracked in other states / countries through our state?
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    Created by Cindy Provost
  • Protect Bridgeport Residents from an Illegal Board of Education
    Bridgeport's illegally appointed Board of Education, will vote tonight to extend the contract for Paul Vallas, who is a part-time, interim Superintendent of Schools and will lock his contract in place to the cost of $500,000 plus. In addition, they will be electing a Financial Oversight Committee and agree to accept a loan from the state which will take away Bridgeport's residents democratic rights by giving the State Commissioner of Education the ability to choose our future Superintendent of Schools. Please urge our elected officials to wait 90 days until our democratically elected members of Bridgeport's next Board of Education return. Allow our LEGAL Board of Education to determine whom to choose to run Bridgeport's schools without being stuck with unsound policies.
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    Created by CT Educators for Social Justice
  • Save the USPO
    The US Post Office is under attack. The USPO is under the control of Congress. In 2006 they burden the USPO to pay for 75 years of future retirement benefits. No business has such a burden. This added several billions dollars annually to the deficit now facing the USPO. We must repeal this burden and also to allow the USPO to expand to sell more than stamps,
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    Created by Andrew Bailis
  • Put a maximum limit to Property Taxes
    This petition is insure that property taxes are fair. My petition is that the State of Michigan will limit the annual payment of Property Taxes to 5% of the assesed property value.
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    Created by Gary Gray
  • Lower the cost of tuition
    We the people want and need our Governor and the leaders of the state's university system to lower the cost of tuition at our state colleges—so that working families can send their kids to college without taking on massive debt.
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    Created by Carlos Cardona
  • Multicultural Education Festival of America
    America is made up of many cultures, we need a "United All Nations Education Weekend Festival". The weekend will consists of tents representing each culture. The festival may rotate from state to state each year. A learning weekend for children, adults and the community. As the first and former Executive Director of Multicultural Alliance of Virginia (MAVA), a need exists for us, as a people, to come together As One instead of living as strangers. Cultural diversity is key in making the world a better place to live and in solving problems in our communities. Sponsors can be in the form of: Colleges, Universities, CEOs, Businesses, Cities, Organizations & non-profit organizations, churches and others.
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    Created by Olive C. Ezell
  • Keep Kentucky's Education Affordable
    The State Universities have won agreement from Frankfort to raise Tuition costs again! We need your help in signing the petition telling our Governor and State Legislature that we need to keep Kentucky's Education Affordable so that students so not graduate with a mountain of debt.
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    Created by Stephen Lauyans
  • A Reasoning of College Tuition and Interest Reduction
    I am a student, just finished with a standard, science-entrenched high school career, looking towards college. My current loan interest rate is 6.8%, and expected to go much further. I am scared that one day, we will not be able to continue college educations for the masses, and the dream of the fities, to be top-dog in technology, will be gone.
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    Created by Stetson
  • The time for immigration reform is NOW!
    Following the recent announcement that President Obama will halt the deportation of DREAMers, the Supreme Court has announced that they will let stand the despicable "Papers, please" provision of Arizona's SB 1070 that allows police to profile individuals based on the color of their skin. Our country's urgent need for a comprehensive solution for our broken immigration system has never been clearer. Add your name and message below to tell our leaders in Washington that the time is NOW for comprehensive immigration reform!
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    Created by Donna De La Cruz
  • congressional reform package
    help clean up our American system to make it more transparent and user-friendly for individuals, not corporations by signing this petition.
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    Created by tom moran