As citizens of Washington, we are showing our support of our students’ right to free speech and our opposition of forcing families to spend money beyond their means by requesting that our public schools not be allowed to require students to wear uniforms.

All businesses need to ban together and not provide services for the daughter, Janice Cottrill and her husband. Instead the town and America need to help this WW2 vet keep his home.

To the Presidents of US Bank, HSBC, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America: Please end your practice of preventing widows who are behind in their payments getting the loan in their name until they are caught up - which they can't do because your banks won't accept payments from them because the loan is not in their name. Please work with widows trying to make payments and keep those widows in their homes.

Maryland legislators and Governor Martin O'Malley should oppose Senate Bill 647 and House Bill 998, which threaten free speech and academic freedom in Maryland.

Uphold the religious freedom, protect the minorities, bring criminals to justice and deliver exemplary punishment to those who committed crimes against minorities in Bangladesh.

Bust, you claim to be a feminist magazine. Roseanne does NOT represent intersectional feminists. Our problem with her is not that she's loud, brash, outspoken, or angry. It's that she is transphobic, harrasses feminists on Twitter, and exemplifies a narrow, exclusive type of feminism that leaves out poor women, women of color, and trans women. REPLACE ROSEANNE with an intersectional feminist as your advice columnist!

David S. Brown is being wrongfully being held by The Lasalle Detention Center without cause. His family wants him freed in time to attend his mothers funeral November 1, 2013

Free Marissa Alexander from a 20 yr. unjust prison sentence for only firing a WARNING SHOT at her attacker. Give HER the same right so many truly questionable shooters (and outright KILLERS) have enjoyed in "Stand Your Ground" Florida!

Lack of Affordable Housing For over a decade, the number of affordable housing units declined. Between 1993 and 2003, the proportion of low-cost rental units shrunk by 13 percent due to the loss of older, lower-quality apartments in the private market. 16 In 2005, about 40 percent of households with children ages birth through 17 reported one or more of the following housing problems: physically inadequate housing, crowded housing, or the associated cost burden. Generally, when a household pays more than 30 percent of its annual income on housing, it is considered to be a cost burden. 17 While there was a decrease in the percentage of households reporting physically inadequate housing or crowded housing between 1978 and 2005, 34 percent of families reported in 2005 a cost burden resulting from rent greater than 30 percent of their income. In 1978 only 15 percent of families reported this cost burden. 18 Overall the number of households with children reporting “severe” housing problems has increased from eight percent in 1978 to 13.8 percent in 2005. 19 Unmet needs for decent and affordable rental housing have been increasing even before the current housing crisis. 20

*Congressional Reform Act of 2011* 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. If each person contacts a minimum of ten people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time."You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.