Often people receive information about a political candidate only through the candidate's or an opponent's advertising. And, often the facts of the message are either skewed or blatantly false. For Americans to be able to select their candidates based on credible information, this needs to change.

State of Florida has been imposing Mandatory Minimum Sentencing which result in young offenders getting 10, 20, 30 year prison sentences. Police officers "over charge"petty offenses to further facilatate "longer sentencing". If someone attemps to go to trial the state makes them pay!! by giving them the max when they lose...so most people just cop to unfair sentences tht are still 3 times what they hould be.

When the hard-working families who have had to come here the only way they could have a path to residency and citizenship as they did in 1986, it will benefit us all. When my friends and the others have 9 good Social Security numbers, they'll pay trillions into the Social Security fund. They are young and hard-working and would gladly pay into it if they were paid above the table with checks. Also, when they have residency, they'll be able to get drivers' licenses so car insurance which helps everyone on the road. They won't have to risk jail to go to work or to go to an English class or drive children to school. They cannot get legal residency on their own. They're depending on us to ask Congress as we did in 1986. I've spent 54 years teaching, translating for those whose languages I speak, being friends with immigrants, and they contribute so much. They deserve a chance to live without fear. Having a sub-culture of fear just keeps people from reporting crime they see and helps no one. I know children with A's in high school who can't go to college for lack of papers, so they are cutting grass. We'd receive taxes if they went to college and had better jobs and legal residency. The present system helps no one. It's really just prejudice. There are undocumented workers with blond hair and blue eyes, and they are never stopped and asked for papers. Only those with darker skin are stopped. We're a better country than this. They are only here because they'd go hungry if they didn't come, and they work hard and well and intelligently. They've earned the right to come out of shadows. We all sing in church that everyone is a child of God, but we treat them like they are less than human. Now is the time that everyone living in the US should be able to work and drive and go to college. Obama promised this in 2008. Now's the time to make it come true. I've worked with immigrants 54 years and seen what they've given to this country. Now we can help them and ourselves.

Public Officials claim to care about public education yet funding for public schools is the first to get cut when states face a budget crisis. It's easy to cut funding for Music and Art and PE when your child attends private school. It's easy to increase class size and fire librarians when your child attends private school. It's easy to "care" about public school when your child attends private school. Make public officials walk the walk, make public education mandatory for the children of Elected Public Officials.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has made bad decision after bad decision. He is bad for the environment and for this administration's record.

My name is Antonio Ennis. I'm a father of 6 fighting Bank of America to stay in my home in Dorchester, MA. I’ve been waging a long fight against Bank of America to keep my home. When Bank of America bought Countrywide, I applied for a loan modification. But instead of lowering my payments, Bank of America raised my monthly payment by $1,000. Now, my family and I may lose our home if Bank of America does not approve my principal reduction soon. That’s why, on May 9th, I’m going to Charlotte, NC -- the Wall Street of the South -- to confront the top executives of Bank of America. I’m coordinating a bus bound for Charlotte carrying 50 people affected by foreclosure -- people like me on the brink of losing their homes, along with families, children, and new activists. We want to share our stories on May 9th. But now, days before thousands of us are traveling to Charlotte to confront Bank of America top executives and board members about the big bank's destructive practices--the city of Charlotte has declared that there is no room for our stories and our voices. They have declared the Bank of America shareholder meeting on May 9 an "extraordinary event," meaning that they are restricting free speech and expanding the ability of police and security forces to target and profile the homeowners, workers, community members, students, and immigrants who are coming to Bank of America shareholder's meeting to demand justice for our communities and our planet. Will you join in me in telling City Manager Curt Walton to rescind his decision to declare Bank of America’s shareholder meeting an “Extraordinary Event” and protect the Constitutional rights of protesters? This will be an extraordinary event. It’s extraordinary because of how many people are coming together to build an economy and a democracy that works for all of us--not just for the 1%. We are the families who are homeless because of Bank of America’s illegal foreclosures; we are the mothers whose children can’t stop coughing because of pollution from dirty coal plants financed by bank of America, we are the people everywhere who are losing our communities and quality of life in the name of corporate greed and we thank you for standing with us.

The Republicans, Romney in particular, are blaming Obama for the lack luster recovery. But the truth is that they blocked, or forced excessive compromise on many of Obama's proposals. Republican governors also lead the nation in firing public sector workers. Had there been more of an attempt to save these existing jobs, the jobless rate would be lower,

Too many deadbeat dads and too little support enforcement action by government means too many women trying to raise children with too little money. This impacts us all as these children will grow up to be our future.

Why do the taxpayers not take a closer look at wasteful spending in school systems across this country, while education in Louisiana, for instance, lags at the bottom. As taxpaying citizens, we should hold our elected officials responsible. Why do we continue to elect people who do not take an active interest in releasing those who will not get the job done in providing a solid and equitable education for all of our children? While Governor has recently had passed an Education Reform Package in Louisiana, will it really bring us up from ranking 48th in the Nation, educationally speaking?

Corporations should not be allowed to run the Workers Compensation program (self insured). It should be handled by an outside third party not affiliated with the Corporation.

Marissa Alexander is about to go to prison for 20 years because of Florida's "stand your ground" law. How is this justice?!

The Constitution of the United States declares that it and treaties ratified by Congress and signed by the president are the law of the land. Congress ratified and the president signed the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification of torture.