Colorado is home to incommensurable natural treasures. Our state thrives on its outdoors. It is part of its identity. And yet our legislators are still committed to an obsolete industry, oil and gas, that puts everybody in Colorado and the entire planet in danger. Our beautiful rivers, mountains and forest should be an absolute priority. Our children deserve to inherit a world full of animals, water, clean blue skies and trees.

Climate change is one of the most tangible of all future endgame scenarios for humanity. Working to eliminate as much of humanity's impact on the climate of our one and only home planet only serves to help all humans, present and future, and the planet we are currently permanently bound to. Protecting one's home is not a partisan issue, and most of the world already understands the risk and has agreed to stand for change. I'm asking the political leaders of Alabama to show that despite the myriad of scandals and issues in the past, Alabama is prepared to look to the future, and ensure its greatness, for centuries to come.

President Trump's decision to abandon the Paris Climate Accord has abandoned the people of the United States.

Recently, the Tumwater School District decided to change the starting and ending time of Tumwater Hill Elementary School, our local school, with no input from parents of students! The newly imposed times will be changed from 9:05 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. currently, to 9:25 a.m. through 3:55 p.m. in the 2017-2018 school year. Current run-time for the school ensures our children will not be coming home in the dark - with the new start-up time, our children will be “in the dark” for much of the year, creating difficulties for many, safety problems for young students, and justifiable concern for parents. How will this impact students who ride the bus and arrive at the stop at 4:30 when is it completely dark? So far, the only “reason” District officials have provided concern the “efficiency” of the transportation division’s operation! No mention about how this will impact our local school community - indeed, Tumwater Hill Elementary is the only elementary school facing this imposition from the District administration of a late start of 9:25. No surveys of parents; no meetings for public input on the matter; no academic improvement or performance issues were raised. So the question is: just how will this help our children? Parents need to be involved in this kind of decision making! It is important that the families of students have a “hand” on that clock so their needs are being met through reasonable and appropriate hours and that any contemplated changes are related to the well-being of our children - both in their academic performance and their overall health and safety. Let’s work together on this - I’d like to hear what you think and ask that we, as parents, discuss the change before it goes forward. The next school board meeting is June 15.

Those who have been working for decades on criminal justice reform and prison reform stand united in opposition to the Trump administration's plan to invest in mass incarceration for all offenders, non-violent and violent offenders, while ignoring the needs of crime victims and communities. Restorative Justice International, a national and global association, supports an investment in victims-driven restorative justice, which will recognize the needs of crime victims while holding offenders accountable. We are committed to moving forward, not backward.

You and/or your company have publicly supported the Paris climate agreement. Trump has now withdrawn. Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has already resigned in protest, and you should follow his lead. As a business leader and public figure, you can step down from Trump's Business Advisory council and send a message to your customers, the US, and the world that despite Trump's shameful actions, the United States still understands that climate science is real and that action is urgently necessary.

You and/or your company have publicly supported the Paris climate agreement. Trump has now withdrawn. Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has already resigned in protest, and you should follow his lead. As a business leader and public figure, you can step down from Trump's Business Advisory Council and send a message to your customers, the US, and the world that despite Trump's shameful actions, the United States still understands that climate science is real and that action is urgently necessary.

California is the world's 6th largest economy. Putting our weight behind the Paris Agreement will send a message to the nation and the world at large.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is pushing for a part-time legislature, something he has particular experience with - he didn’t show up for work for a third of session days during 2013 and 2014 while he was leaving the state to attend Harvard on the taxpayers’ time. He needs to do the right thing for once and return one-third of the paycheck he took from the public while he was skipping work.

I remember learning about the Holocaust in school and thinking to myself: if I was alive then, I would have done something. This issue in Chechnya doesn't affect us here in the United States, however, with our "President" allegedly in collusion with Russia, and this situation unfolding in their republic, it's quite concerning. Twenty-six people have died for being who they are and for who they love. That's unacceptable! And it's being ignored. Our own "President" hasn't spoken out. He doesn't care. Our own State Department has denied Visas to those trying to escape the persecution in Chechnya. Help us fight! Please email me so we can help you organize protests in your cities and countries! Let's all stand together on July 1st to say that our EYES ARE ON CHECHNYA! [email protected] Find our group on Facebook: Safe Passage Alliance (Based in Los Angeles, CA USA)

We should not be honoring Confederate leaders who fought to keep slavery. We instead should honor men like William Stewart, an African American who fought for the Union before moving to Washington.

New York's Health + Hospitals (formerly referred to as HHC) is reducing the role of midwives in labor and birth for low income families across the 10 hospitals H+H operates. However, midwives are associated with excellent health outcomes for mothers and babies and higher patient satisfaction, as they give more hours of attention to each patient and family, and are more cost efficient than hiring additional doctors. [1] Cutting midwives would hurt New York’s low income and immigrant families.  As midwives who have worked in this system, we understand that H+H may be facing real problems--but midwives are a part of the solution. At a moment when our health care and our lower income and immigrant communities are under attack on the federal level, New York City can and must be a leader in pursuing thoughtful policy alternatives. We can't afford thoughtless measures that would hurt our communities and our health care. Source: 1. http://www.thelancet.com/series/midwifery