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• Prevent the Extinction of the Critical Venus Flytrap Species

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  The Venus flytrap, a predatory plant that feeds on insects and pest species, is being heavily poached from its habitat along the Carolina coast. Poachers only receive a minuscule fine, which will hardly deter them from acting again. North Carolina must enact harsher punishments for people who poach these endangered ...
  4 days ago

• Court slaps Rs.20,000 fine on NRI

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Abusing the process of law by questioning investigating agencies and maligning the judiciary has cost a non-resident Indian (NRI) Rs.20,000.The Delhi High Court order came on a plea of NRI N.S. Hoon seeking compensation of Rs.5,000 crore from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for ...
  4 days ago

• End Forced Sterilization for Transgender People in Sweden

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Transgender individuals in Sweden are forced to undergo sterilization before changing their gender status on official ID papers. This immoral sterilization law is still supported by the Christian Democrat Party, who formed a coalition with other right-wing parties to uphold it. Tell the leader of this party that ...
  1 week ago

• Stop Moving Towards Militarization and Authoritarianism in El Salvador

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  The president of El Salvador has been undermining the nations domestic peace accords by appointing military officials within the public security sector. Civilian departments specifically created to counteract strong military influence are now being run by the military. President Funes must uphold civilian rights and ...
  1 week ago

• Support Efforts to Legalize Same-Sex Adoption in Michigan

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  A recent civil rights lawsuit filed against the same-sex adoption ban in Michigan is bringing awareness to same-sex adoption. Same-sex couples in the state cannot currently adopt children together, which means that one parent is the sole legal guardian should they decide to raise a family. This severely restricts the ...
  1 week ago

• Top 10 Open Government Websites

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 140
  Federal agencies face White House orders to become more transparent. read more
  1 week ago

• Push for Homework-Free Holidays and Weekends

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Homework overload is the cause of many adverse effects in todays youth, including fatigue, loss of relationship growth with family and friends, and a decline in physical health. Tell the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee to enforce homework free holidays and weekends in order to reduce anxiety among ...
  1 week ago

• Protect the Wildlife Living at Lake Conroe From Texas Authorities

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Lake Conroe in Texas is suffering from the extreme drought conditions in the area. An unfortunate result of this is a large structure built to support local wildlife becoming partially exposed due to low water levels. Please lend your voice in protecting this structure from being dismantled and destroyed as it ...
  1 week ago

• Poodle Shot Dead at Chinese Airport

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  When Ge Ge the poodle escaped from her cage and onto the runway at Meilan International Airport, security officials decided that her life wasnt worth delayed flights. They shot and killed her and when pressed for information by her owner, only released 15 seconds worth of security footage. Ask the head of Meilan ...
  1 week ago

• Bowhunting Causes Animals Immense Suffering and Must be Banned

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Bowhunting is the cruelest type of hunting, as it involves killing animals by archery, resulting in slow and painful deaths. After shooting their target, bowhunters often track it by following bloody lines until the wounded animal is found suffering. For many lost animals, deaths can take up to weeks through ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t Allow the Tennessee Tea Party to Remove Pieces of History From School Textbooks

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  The Tea Party of Tennessee would like to see any mention of slavery and genocide removed from school textbooks. This censorship of history is not right and must be stopped before it grows.
  1 week ago

• Allow Highway Memorials for Cattle to Raise Awareness

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  PETAs application to install memorials on highways in Illinois to remember the cattle that died while being transported was denied by Illinois. Tell the Illinois that cows suffer from motor vehicle accidents too and that the memorials would bring awareness to the understudied and misunderstood issue of animal deaths ...
  1 week ago

• The NHS bill will have catastrophic consequences. It must be opposed | Aseem Malhotra

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  Andrew Lansley is leading us to an Americanised system of privatised care with no accountability. We will all be worse off A taxi driver recently turned to me, two days after receiving a life-saving treatment for a heart attack, and said: "Thank you for saving my life, doctor, I am so proud of our NHS. There is no ...
  1 week ago

• Microchips Are Not Food! Say No To Invasive Drug Tracking “Smart Pills”

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  The UK health system will introduce a new ingestible smart pill that will monitor patients drug intake as a means to enforce pharmaceutical schedules. When taken with prescribed medicines the edible microchips will transmit information directly to patients caretakers and doctors. However, in order to create a ...
  1 week ago

• Billions can’t be spent on Ijaz’s security: Gilani

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 533
  Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday that the country’s interior ministry will provide security for Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz but billions of rupees could not be spent on this.Ijaz, the central character of the memo scandal, has repeatedly spoken negatively about ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t Allow Foreign Pharmaceutical Facilities to Send us Tainted Drugs

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Nearly 80 percent of drug ingredients and approximately 40 percent of all pharmaceuticals sold in the US are manufactured in foreign facilities that have never been inspected by the US Food and Drug Administration. The ramifications of such negligence have already resulted in death and severe allergic reactions due to ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t Release Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Florida

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  Florida plans to release genetically engineered mosquitoes to combat Dengue Fever, a virus that mosquitoes can pass on to humans. Researchers hope to lower mosquito populations, but there is no telling what unintended side-effects these mutant mosquitoes could have. Tell the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District not ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t Give Away the Arctic Ocean to Oil And Gas Companies

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  The U.S. government has made the decision to lease more of the Arctic Ocean to companies looking to extract gas and oil. Scientists warn that the Arctic has not yet been thoroughly explored which means that they are unable to thoroughly protect it. This puts endangered animals and fragile ecosystems at risk for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Urge Congress To Protect Rights Of LGBT Employees

  
  ForceChange — Authority: 429
  It is still legal in 29 states for an employer to fire an employee for being homosexual or transgendered. Currently, the Senate holds the power to bring this unfair practice to a stop. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act will make it illegal for an employer to fire and/or refuse to hire or promote anyone based on ...
  2 weeks ago

• CA: Love Honor Cherish Begins Gathering Signatures to Repeal Prop 8

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 432
  As the fight to repeal Proposition 8 on the November ballot begins, Love Honor Cherish has partnered with the NOH8 Campaign to create a public education campaign telling voters why marriage equality is important. The partnership will launch at a party being organized by nonprofit group “Reason to Party” in San ...
  2 weeks ago

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