Together, we can save the camp and keep our focus on the real problem in our communities -- the gross inequality of wealth and power.

Jack London Square is no longer an industrial warehouse district but rather a residential and commercial district. Amtrak and their new station are creating noise and air pollution, environmental and danger hazards.

The results of standardized tests are now the main factor that determines the success or failure of a school, its teachers, and its students. Standardized tests are biased and simply measure test taking skills, not actual knowledge. They stifle teacher creativity and cause many teachers to resent their jobs. It's time to take some of the power away from test results in Tennessee.

Petition to Mayor Emanuel and our Aldermen to remove the proposed water fees for non-profits from the city budget.

Mistreatment... forced labor unhumane treatment, Kidnapping murder, Rape,complete injustice! of people of color & Africans. this criminal grave acts went on for centuries, and continue to go on today in time. America has been found GUILTY ...THE TIME FOR JUSTICE IS NOW! WE ARE NOW COLLECTIVELY DEMANDING REPARATIONS!

Sign on to A Better Balance's Working Families' Bill of Rights and join us in drawing attention to the needs of working families in New York. With your support, we are calling for laws and workplace practices that help workers care for their families without risking their economic security.

If you have just earned your degree from a Florida University, good job! But on that otherwise pristine diploma there will be a smear of ink that reads, "Rick Scott Governor." Yes, the same governor who works constantly to remove student's rights to higher education, has had the bad taste to put his ugly signature on that beautiful degree! Do you really want him to defile the student's testaments to hard work, intelligence, and dedication?

Oregon's system of capital punishment is broken! We spend many millions pursuing death sentences, but only execute a few who surrender their appeals. We promise justice for victims, but then postpone it indefinitely. Our tax dollars, wasted on the death penalty, could go for schools or health care or effective crime-prevention programs. We call on Gov. Kitzhaber to suspend further executions and appoint a commission to recommend capital justice system reforms--reforms that will keep us safe, hold violent criminals accountable, make justice swift and affordable, and reflect the values of Oregonians.

The “Occupy” demonstrations are a rapidly growing movement with the shared goal of urging people to peacefully assemble and occupy public space in order to create a shared dialogue by which to address the problems and generate solutions for and economically distressed world. We (occupy movement) would greatly appreciate and benefit from a petition of support from the public

We ask that you allow Occupy Tampa their First Amendement Right to protest wherever and whenever they want rather than going by codes and permits. No police interference unless riots break out. We ask that the Tampa City Council and Mayor Bob Buckhorn support Occupy Tampa by giving them access to Kiley Gardens as a space to gather and assemble and promote public dialogue on issues that affect us all.

There are millions of homeowners who, while still employed and fullfilling the obligations of their mortgage commitments, cannot afford to sell their homes due to being "upside down" in their mortgages. They now owe more on their mortgage balance than what they can expect to sell their house for - due to no fault of their own, but caused by the downturn in the American housing market due to the recession. A program of government relief that would REQUIRE banks to "rightsize" these mortgages would allow these homeowners to sell these homes, and jumpstart needed movement in the U.S. housing market and create related job growth.

Recent school-based racial incidents demonstrate that our children’s school climate is not safe. Recent test scores demonstrate that, not only has there been no progress closing the racial academic achievement gap, the gap has widened.