An administration often likened to a reality show may be trying to transform immigration into a literal reality show. Demand leaders rethink their support for a game show with American citizenship as the prize.
Wounded American heroes are being penalized for injuries sustained in service to their country. Call on the nation’s leaders to stop denying disabled veterans a secure retirement.
A brain-dead woman is being artificially kept alive for months because of one state’s strict dictates regarding abortion. Call on lawmakers to help end a grieving family’s suffering and to avert more preventable tragedies.
The Taliban still poses a deadly threat to Afghan refugees, yet American leaders want to put these faithful allies to U.S. troops back in danger. Urge a major course correction of this heartless policy.
A man reportedly flung a helpless Yorkie at an officer while fleeing arrest. Demand the severest penalties and a permanent pet ban for this alleged cruelty.
Institutionalized racism thrived in South Africa for decades because of inexcusable leadership failures. Call on the region’s current leaders to turn a new page on holding the authors and enablers of apartheid accountable.
Autistic Americans could be the first demographic to have medical privacy compromised, but they would not be the last. Stop federal disease registries before they start.
Americans are still being targeted without proof, rounded up, and shipped to dangerous foreign prisons. Call for an immediate restoration of due process.
The tentpoles of America’s Bill of Rights are under assault. Call for stronger protections for individuals’ and the media’s rights to free speech.
Florida wants to replace its undocumented workers with kids to fill cheap job vacancies. Speak out against the proposed abolishment of important child labor protections.
America has failed the test of whether it can gut humanitarian aid without devastating repercussions. The Myanmar and Thailand earthquake has claimed thousands of lives, many of which may have been saved with U.S. assistance. Call for an end to cold-hearted cuts that are dismantling America’s disaster response capabilities.
Innocent men, women, and children are being swept up and cast away by the American president’s anti-immigration actions. Call for an end to ethnic profiling and targeted hate.
Seniors will soon find it harder to obtain social security benefits, with some possibly losing their rightfully owed benefits altogether. Help stop reckless reversals that will upend the lives of vulnerable populations.
One woman was allegedly set on fire and another reportedly shot, both apparently by men. Call for strong and proactive aid services for survivors of gender-based violence.
The indigenous people of New Zealand are at risk of losing key rights and social services if politicians are allowed to change one of the region’s earliest documents. Demand leaders stand strong in their support of a momentous and consequential treaty.
The absence of humanitarian work halted by the Trump administration has increased the strain on already over-burdened communities. Applaud the courts’ blockade of these inhumane and possibly illegal actions.
Notorious online scams often have a dark origin riddled with human trafficking, abuse, and torture. Demand an end to these criminal enterprises that cost many victims more than money.
The U.S. Supreme Court has given a vital lifeline to a death row inmate who has long professed his innocence. Commend this new chance at freedom for a potentially wrongly convicted man.
Tens of thousands of Americans got the harshest of valentines in the form of termination letters. Call on America’s labor leader to stand up for employees unfairly put out of work.
Lives will be lost and instability will flourish if the Trump administration continues its full-on assault of humanitarian aid. Call for a stop to the rise of inhumanity.
Donald Trump’s plan for post-war Gaza violates international law, forces over two million people from their homes, and comes with a high and dangerous price tag. Call for an end to the madness.
Americans are being denied financial assistance already pledged to them. Call for an end to this politicized attack on federal aid.
Hundreds of firefighters are risking their lives in California for a few dollars a day. Demand better wages and benefits for the state’s inmates-turned-wildfire warriors.
Legal campaigns against equality and against immigrants are being launched under the guise of Christian values. Demand the network of lawyers responsible for these efforts start operating by the true tenets of their faith.
A child was confined in a kennel and chained to a fence, according to police. Demand justice and accountability.
