Tell Your State to Put Limits on Political Action Committees to Eliminate Super PACs
A political action committee called a Super PAC can spend unlimited money promoting a candidate and can take unlimited money from individuals -- or can in most states, but not any longer in Maine.Tell your governor and state legislators that we need this same reform now.
Join With Other Constituents to Tell Democrats in Congress That Rahm Emanuel Is Unfit to Be Chair of the DNC
As a constituent, you can exert vital pressure on the Democrat(s) representing you in Congress -- letting them know that Rahm Emanuel would be an unacceptable choice for chair of the Democratic National Committee.If you have a Democratic Senator and/or Representative, take action.
Tell Congress to Pass the College for All Act
Let's make higher education a right, not a privilege.
Please email your representative and senators.
Tell Your State to Tax the Super Wealthy
Massachusetts has created a very successful way to tax the very wealthy. Your state can easily do it too. Only Washington D.C. and these six states have a higher tax rate for the wealthiest: CA, HI, NY, NJ, OR, MN.
Please email your state legislators.
Fix the Minimum Wage in Your State
Let's fix this once and for all.
Email your state legislators and governor.
Let's Fix the Electoral College Problem
What do you say we stop allowing candidates who lose the national popular vote to ever enter the White House as president again?
Please email your state legislators and governor.
Make Voter Registration Automatic in Your State
Every election season, thousands of volunteers toil endless hours on a task that need not exist at all: registering voters. And voters are denied the right to vote when told they are not registered.
End Life Sentences Without Parole for Those Under 21
According to a neuroscientist at MIT: "As a number of researchers have put it, ‘the rental car companies have it right.’ The brain isn’t fully mature at 16, when we are allowed to drive, or at 18, when we are allowed to vote, or at 21, when we are allowed to drink, but closer to 25, when we are allowed to rent a car."
Ban Slavery in Your State
Some states still allow slavery, most of them as punishment for crime, as in the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Email your state legislators and governor.
Tell Your State to Abolish the Death Penalty
The death penalty's slow death is accelerating.
Please email your state legislators and governor.
Tell Your State to Put Limits on Political Action Committees to Eliminate Super PACs
A political action committee called a Super PAC can spend unlimited money promoting a candidate and can take unlimited money from individuals -- or can in most states, but not any longer in Maine.
Tell your governor and state legislators that we need this same reform now.
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- Alabama Profits off Prisoners Who Work at McDonald’s But Deems Them Too Dangerous for Parole
No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.
more - The Death of Net Neutrality Is a Bad Omen
While Americans might not mourn the loss of net neutrality, an appeals court’s ruling sets a troubling precedent for consumer protections in every industry.
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