By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 24 2013
Damian Garcia, a senior at St. Pius High School, asked to walk in a boys’ black cap and gown for graduation. Damian had legally changed his name and his family, friends, classmates, and teachers all knew him as male, but his school refused to recognize his gender identity—just because his birth certificate reads “female.” That’s why Torrey Moorman and her two sons started a MoveOn Petition to the school’s principal asking that Damian be allowed to walk in a boys’ cap and gown.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, May 23 2013
Restaurant-sponsored proposed regulations in Amherst, New York, threatened the burgeoning food truck market with restricted hours and zones, as wells as heavy permit fees. Concerned that the burdensome regulations would stifle vital new businesses in Amherst, Jeremy Horwitz started a MoveOn Petition to the town board.
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Health Care
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, May 23 2013
If we’re going to correct America’s economic course, it’s going to take a whole lot more people understanding this. Can you do your part to share it? WATCH:
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Economic Justice | Health Care
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 22 2013
Prepare to see things in a way you may never have seen them before. WATCH:
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Economic Justice | Education
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 22 2013
It’s something that’d be really good for the economy and families, but the GOP hopes you’re not paying much attention to so they can weaken or stop it. WATCH:
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Economic Justice | Immigration
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 21 2013
When Proposition C, a ballot measure demanding that Los Angeles legislators support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, came up for a vote, Trent Lange of the California Clean Money Campaign started a MoveOn Petition asking L.A. voters to support the measure.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 17 2013
Hint: It isn’t Wal-Mart.
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Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, May 16 2013
Did you guess what it is?
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Immigration
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 15 2013
Connecticut resident Melissa Pericolosi started a MoveOn Petition to stop the state police from using 30 acres of the Meshomasic State Forest as a firearms training facility.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 15 2013
Florida honor student Kiera Wilmot faced not only expulsion, but also criminal charges, when she was accused of conducting an unauthorized science experiment on her high school campus. The resulting social media outcry included several MoveOn Petitions demanding that prosecutors drop the charges against her.
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