Category: Featured Campaigns
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, February 18 2014
S.B. 2566, introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly, would have allowed bakeries, florists, and other wedding professionals to turn away LGBT customers on religious grounds. That’s why Shelbyville, Tennessee, MoveOn member Gerald Norman started a MoveOn Petition to state legislators, asking them to drop their sponsorship of the bill.
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, February 18 2014
When Virginia State Delegate Richard Bell introduced a bill that would allow teachers to deny climate change in classrooms, Aimee Tavares of the organization Climate Parents started a MoveOn Petition to the Virginia House, demanding that they stand up for science and reject the bill.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, February 7 2014
All around the country, voting rights are under attack—but MoveOn members are fighting back by running hundreds of campaigns to defend these critical rights as a part of our Defend the Vote campaign.
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Victories | Voting Rights Act
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, February 7 2014
Progressives — it’s time to give yourself a pat on the back. You’ve helped stop a potential march to war with Iran.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, February 7 2014
Last year, the University of Virginia announced plans to slash $6 billion from its budget by decreasing funding for the AccessUVA program, which offers grants to low-income students. That’s why U.Va. alumnus Mary Nguyen Barry teamed up with the organization I Am Not A Loan to start a MoveOn Petition to the U.Va. Board of Visitors, demanding that the school reinstate its no-loan policy for talented, very low-income students.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, February 6 2014
In a four-way vote, Daylin Leach earned the support of 55% of MoveOn members to garner the official endorsement of the 16,000 MoveOn members in Pennsylvania’s 13th district. Here’s what a few MoveOn members across Pennsylvania’s 13th district had to share about Daylin: “Daylin Leach is a true progressive with exceptional people skills. His […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, February 4 2014
In August 2013, Montana Judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced a former high school teacher to just 31 days in prison for the repeated rape of a 14-year-old student. Disturbingly, Baugh argued that the victim was “older than her chronological age” and “as much in control of the situation” as her 49-year-old rapist. That’s why Billings, Montana, resident Kate Olp started a MoveOn Petition urging Judge Baugh to resign.
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judge baugh | Montana | Rape | sexual assault
By admin. Tuesday, February 4 2014
In November of 2013, Shell Oil announced plans to drill in the waters of America’s Arctic Ocean, a plan that threatened the wildlife, human communities, and environmental stability of the region. That’s why the organization Earthjustice started a MoveOn Petition asking the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to keep the Arctic free of unsafe oil drilling.
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Earth Justice | Moveon victory | Shell Oil | Victory
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, February 3 2014
Twenty employees at Snarf’s in Chicago, including workers who had been at the sandwich shop for years, received an email three days before Christmas informing them they were being terminated without any notice. The CEO promised the workers an additional week of wages as compensation for the unjust firing, but broke his promise. That’s why Kevin Brown, who had worked at Snarf’s for two and a half years, started a MoveOn Petition to CEO Jim Seidel.
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Chicago | fast food workers | Minimum Wage | workers' rights
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 29 2014
Across the country, MoveOn members are fighting hard for livable salaries for low-wage workers. The leading employer of low-wage workers? The federal government itself. That’s why Heather McGhee of the organization Demos started a MoveOn Petition to President Obama, asking him to use his State of the Union address to announce a “Good Jobs” executive order that would raise the wages of federal contract workers.
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Barack Obama | Minimum Wage | SOTU | State Of The Union | workers' rights