DEMOCRACY: We are in the middle of a Democratic Primary. 27 states have not yet voted 43% of delegates are still available COVID-19: We are living in an unprecedented time where a global pandemic is testing the nation and revealing the deep flaws in our system. Record-breaking numbers of people are applying for unemployment. Millions are losing their jobs and their employment-tied healthcare. Millions are at risk of being evicted. This is the precise time for people to have a voice in how America should move forward beyond this world-changing crisis. Regardless of the path we take, life as we know it will fundamentally change. PATH FORWARD: We still have a choice. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have very different visions for how to proceed through this crisis. Let the American people hear them and make this very important decision before the remaining states cast their votes. Give us the debate we deserve.

A high percentage of American households are single-parent. Upon the recent epidemic centered around the covid-19 virus many of these households financial providers are out of jobs which increases the level of hardship that stems from the lack of financial prowess to fend for our families. The key idea is to be able to provide for our "families", meaning all inclusive. The financial stimulus package currently being distributed amongst the population fails to completely care for families in their entirety. There's no feeling worse for a parent than the one that comes when you aren't able to aid your child(ren) in the ways in which they need to be aided. The ages of 17-23 are ages of childhood in many cases. These ages include both high school and college students who may be supported by their parents. Nevertheless, this age being so recently introduced to adulthood, it's a crucial time for all included. Think of a situation where a parent who no longer receives a steady income not being properly equipped with the tools to provide for their high school seniors or college freshman who aren't back at home, with the additional of all external and internal cost/utilities. What you're thinking of has unfortunately become a reality for many. A reality that hasn't adequately been worked on or addressed by our government.

I live on a golf course and see people daily who ignore the social distancing guidelines. I contacted our golf club's manager and was told all they can do is recommend safety measures and that the golf course cannot enforce these safety measures. I was also told that they had no plan to shut down in the future and would stay open, basically, because they could. Golfers are sharing golf carts and congregating in close proximity to each other at tee boxes and on the greens in clear violation of all that we have been instructed to do by the CDC and by our own governor. People who ignore social distancing recommendations are a health risk to us all. Since the golf courses themselves will not enforce, they must be shut down. The people and businesses who ignore social distancing and stay at home orders are irresponsible and short-sighted as is our Governor who has given his blessing to this. We are further at risk because the golf courses are open. Shut them down and save lives.

It is vital to track how COVID is affecting people differently depending on race in order to address racial disparities now and in the future. The numbers of people who are dying and infected in NY, Milwaukee and Chicago are disproportionately people of color, and Black people in particular. the CDC is not keeping track of race nationally for the pandemic, although it should, because not doing so makes it seem like this is an equal opportunity illness, and it is not. generational and historical wealth and injustice are not abstract moral issues, they are the difference between life and death generational and historical injustice translate into the unequal distribution of resources like hospital beds, trained staff, infrastructure and healthcare facilities, and availability of medications generational and historical injustice affects the quality of living spaces, pre-existing conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic illnesses, and the ability to quarantine COVID is not the great equalizer. Viruses may not discriminate, but the ways in which the pandemic is panning out is clearly surfacing the inequalities that we desperately need to address. Tracking race is paramount to understand how racial inequality factors in COVID-related deaths and illnesses.

There are too many senior citizens and disabled citizens who cannot get out to buy food, let alone have anything delivered. Disabled and seniors living in rural areas, as well as cities, have been hit particularly hard by this outbreak. They need help. Too many disabled citizens are fighting this alone, and they, along with seniors, are going without even the basic necessities. I am hearing from friends within the disabled community that there is little to no support for them through this. They need help now, not weeks from now, but immediate, tangible help and support. As we fight this together, it is incumbent upon us to ensure that no members of our communities are left behind.

Increase in air pollution would lead to more deaths from COVID-19. The current administration should not use this crisis to make any changes to current legislation while the American public is limited in their ability to be informed about or respond to the proposed changes to current legislation. These are NOT changes that have anything to do with our current pandemic crisis, and any discussion of potential changes should be postponed for the health of all U.S. citizens at risk in the current crisis.

Northland Health Center terminated a reputable health care provider with zero regard to our community as well as surrounding communities during a national pandemic. Brenna is an amazing provider who has shown time and time again that she loves her job, works diligently for every patient, and loves her community. We want Brenna back!

We need to be able to make voting easier and more secure, especially during this public health crisis. The long lines that have plagued recent elections, as well as the touch screens and crowded polling places, are now dangerous. We cannot let the pandemic shrink voter turnout. In addition, voting by mail provides a paper trail at a time when election security is increasingly at risk. While several states have already expanded their vote-by-mail options, we would like to see every state — and the federal government — pass vote-by-mail legislation so that all citizens, no matter where they live, can safely vote in November of this year.

We know that from the teaching of the Catechism that when a person goes to confession, Christ is there acting through the Priest to give the blessing of absolution. So what do we know about Christ's greatest attributes from the devotion of Divine Mercy? His greatest attributes are Love and Mercy as stated in the Divine Mercy booklet. In light of Christ's merciful Heart, we all need to ask ourselves do we really think that Christ, given this pandemic, would want people to die without the peace of this Holy Sacrament? Additionally in the Bible, Jesus healed from a distance sometimes too. That is what Christ did with the Centurian in Matthew 8:5-13. Christ wasn't physically present and under the Centurian's roof but because of God's great merciful heart, He healed him just the same. In that same thought the Sacrament of Confession is healing from sins, so if Christ in the Bible healed physically from a distance (like the in the case of the Centurian) wouldn't that validate the case of healing sins from a distance through online confessions or by phone? We all know that God is ultimately Spirit like He told the woman at the well in John 4:23 and because He is Spirit, His Presence can even work through a confession online or via phone when a Priest is physically distant. Bishops please support this petition and request not only out of mercy for laypeople but out of mercy and protection for His Holy Priests!...Have mercy on us and on the whole world...

Trump is openly corrupt and if he wants him gone, I want him right back in there.

Many more Iowans will get sick and thousands more will die while the governor fiddles.

During the COVID crisis this change would be beneficial to social services agencies on the front line. Certain programing can be of substantial benefit to clients in Social Service Programs that address topics related to addiction, mental health, and survival stories be valuable teaching tools for clients struggling with these disorders.