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Tell the FDA: Diet Milk Is Not Milk!
Society & Culture  (tags: corruption, FDA, artifical sweeteners )

Teresa
- 6 days ago - secure3.convio.net
The dairy industry wants to put aspartame and other artificial sweeteners in your milk. They're asking the FDA to change the definition of milk and 17 other dairy products not to have to label their artificially-sweetened products as "reduced calorie."
61 comments
The Wrong Men:How the DHS Failed to Prevent Terrorism
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, government, society, terrorism, bombings, Boston, americans )

Nancy
- 6 days ago - occupy.com
Now, in response to the bombings, cities everywhere are beefing up surveillance. But isn't it far more likely that this technology will be used to curtail law-abiding citizens' constitutional rights instead of deter terrorism?
18 comments
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries: Stop Telling Teens They Aren't Beautiful; Make Clothes for Teens of All Sizes!
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, society, women, fashion, discrimination )

Teresa
- 7 days ago - change.org
Please join me in this fight by adding your name to this petition and asking Abercrombie and Fitch to embrace the beauty in all sizes by offering XL and XXL sizes for women and men!
80 comments
Take the Pro-Choice Pledge ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, women, pro-choice, protection, government, family, rights )

Cher
- 8 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
There are way too many Republicans in office with appallingly anti-woman, anti-family records. Now more than ever, it is critical we gear up to fight back against the radical, anti-choice GOP. That's why we're asking you to stand behind us and take an
67 comments
Minnesota Gov. Dayton Signs Gay Marriage Bill
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, americans, law, government, freedoms, society, gayrights, usa, politics )

Cal
- 8 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered.
21 comments
DiCaprio's Charity Auction Raises $38.8M for Conservation Projects
Society & Culture  (tags: celebrity, culture, rights, politics, government, environment, goodnews )

Cal
- 8 days ago - mnn.com
13 world auction records were attained and 9 works of art were sold for over one million dollars in one of the highest-grossing charity auctions ever.
22 comments
Take Action: War, Drought, and Famine: Promote Peace in the Sahel ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, environment, peace, war, drought, protection, famine, suffering )

Cher
- 9 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com
Write to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) asking it addresses the foundational causes of the Sahel's issues rather than simply responding to the immediate emergency there.
38 comments
Demand Government Protection For Sacred Sites in Belize... Take Action
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, corruption, crime, culture, education, ethics, environment, government, humans, law, religion, sadness, society, world )

James
- 9 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
A construction company has essentially destroyed one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids with backhoes and bulldozers to extract crushed rock for a road-building project... We demand that the government make rules and laws that will stop this happening
69 comments
End Anti-Gay Discrimination in U.S. Immigration Laws ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, law, gayrights, environment, protection, immigration )

Cher
- 9 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Congress is debating comprehensive immigration reform right now, and an amendment to the legislation could fix this problem. But it won't happen unless more of us put pressure on our lawmakers. Urge your senator to vote to include protections for
33 comments
Make Worldwide Hunger a Priority ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, children, food, health, protection, world )

Cher
- 10 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
More than 16,000 children die every day from hunger-related causes. Yet, few of these deaths are due to outright starvation. Instead, children who are "only" mildly or moderately undernourished suffer from immune systems that are unable to fight common
71 comments
Fight for Access to Basic Health Care for the World's Youngest Children ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, children, health, healthcare, protection, world )

Cher
- 10 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Across the globe, there is a critical shortage of at least 3.5 million doctors, nurses, midwives and community health workers. This means more than 40 million of the world's youngest children don't have access to a doctor, or even basic health care
55 comments
Support Marriage Equality in Illinois ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, gayrights, protection, environment )

Cher
- 11 days ago - forcechange.com
While the United States Supreme Court weighs potential rulings for the Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) marriage equality cases, several states recently extended marriage equality to their gay and lesbian citizens.
36 comments
ACTIVISM: Nuclear Protestors, Including Sister Megan Rice, To Remain Jailed In Tennessee For Months
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, ethics, politics, rights, society, government, freedoms, usa, environment )

Cal
- 11 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A judge has ruled that a nun and two other protesters must remain in jail until they are sentenced in September for breaking into a nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee.
16 comments
Have You Influenced a Change??? Link
Society & Culture  (tags: change.org, signing petitions, creating petitions, results, victories, world, society, activists )

Nancy
- 11 days ago - care2.com
If you have doubts as to whether simply signing a petition has any merit or result, take a glance at the victory page on Change.org...
8 comments
Jim DeMint: Own Up to Racist Report! ACTION
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, corruption, heritage foundation, discrimination, ethics )

Nancy
- 12 days ago - signon.org
Jim DeMint, the President of the Heritage Foundation, must resign immediately and take responsibility for producing a report authored by a white supremacist that perpetuates ugly and false stereotypes about immigrants and their families.
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