Marcus Vancleaf was the most recent victim among many who have died at the after hours club located in a boarded up house on the east side of Columbus. The owners have had many chances to clean up and legitimize that property and have not. We do not want Marcus' death to be in vain! We want to acquire the property and build a memorial park that will benefit the community that Marcus loved and believed in so much!

Women enjoy most freedoms today that men enjoy, and have joined the American work force in droves to work as doctors, lawyers, teachers, designers, truck drivers and in many other professions. Discrimination against women still exists in various forms, particularly in the workplace. Women should know their rights as U.S. workers and take responsibility for helping to stop rights violations in the workplace Women have worked in some capacity in the U.S. since its inception, but only in menial jobs for very low pay. During World War I, women entered the work force in higher numbers due to the shortage of men. It wasn’t until World War II that they went to work in force. During this period, women took positions formerly open only to men; 7 million women entered the workforce, 2 million of those in heavy industry. They still had no formal workplace rights until the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act states that employers may not discriminate against people on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.Title VII makes it illegal for employers to exclude qualified women from any available position. Employers would often hire less qualified men for positions to which women had applied. This law empowers women to sue if they feel a potential employer has excluded them from a position based on gender. President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, which states that employers must pay women the same amount they would pay a man in the same position. In the past, companies paid women far less than their male counterparts for the same position. Women can sue their employers if they can prove that a male in the same position earns higher wages. Both of these laws significantly increase the status of women in the workforce. Women’s rights in the workplace include many facets, such as the right to work if pregnant. An employer cannot exclude a woman from a position due to pregnancy as long as she can perform satisfactorily. Employers cannot refuse to hire any person due to marital status, gender or age. In addition, an employee of any company where a woman works may not sexually harass the woman in any way. This includes a hostile work environment where the woman must endure sexual comments, touching or materials, as well as unwanted sexual advances that put her in fear of losing her job if she does not comply. Women should report all advances of this sort to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or a supervisor.Because of workplace rights, women enjoy freedom to work in almost any position they choose. They join the armed forces, work as cab drivers, own businesses and become executives in large corporations. As the financial status of women increases, so does the welfare of their families, children and the nation.According to Sexual Harassment Support, a nonprofit support group for victims of sexual harassment, only 5 percent to 15 percent of victims of workplace sexual harassment report these violations to their employers or proper authorities for fear of ridicule, losing their jobs or not being believed. All victims of sexual harassment should seriously consider reporting it. Taking this step protects America’s workforce from workplace rights violations.

Our nation must find a way to derive income from all business transactions and not mainly from the earnings of American workers. Things automated and imported included

I am writing this petition for my daughter's well being and happiness. She lives with her father and is very unhappy. I left her father 6yrs ago and since he has done everything in his power to keep Haeligh from me. He has slandered my name in court and worse of all is that "they" (caseworkers, G.A.L., supervisors) have surrounded my entire case on hearsay without any facts to back it up. At the moment I have a no contact order because of a prescribed medication I am on and one that my doctor insists not to stop. My daughter just wants to be around her mom, her little 4yr old brother, 2yr old cousin, uncle and her grandma.

Free Mr. Rudwan Dawod.

Stop the Hantz Farm from crippling the thousands of independently run urban farm/gardens in Detroit. These farms are currently making a large impact on the morale and state of the economy, in a city that has been devastated by corporations, who have shipped any and all work overseas.

Please stop the water deal between the city of Anacortes and Tethys Enterprises, Inc., from becoming a reality. Don’t bottle the Skagit River.

I am insulted as a Kansan and as an American citizen that we are being demoralized by our leaders in Kansas. It is an outrage that domestic violence would even be considered as an issue for decriminalizing. We must stand up and say loudly, "NO WAY! We matter! Inside and outside the court system!"

Deforest Schools should remain virtual through spring break so that we can make dealing with the pandemic our first priority and help take the stress off students, educators and staff within our schools.

Pass Legislation on Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana