By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 23 2014
Graduate students who worked as teaching assistants over the summer of 2013 at Michigan State University were unfairly docked pay when the school changed its policy on compensation for summer work. In total, 345 teaching assistants at MSU lost out on $115,000 that the university had previously agreed to pay. That’s why the Graduate Employees Union started a MoveOn Petition to the university, demanding fair compensation.
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By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, January 18 2014
Cleveland resident Ricardo Ramos, the father of three U.S. citizen children and an Ohioan of 16 years, was set to be deported after being caught driving without a license. Ramos is the sole breadwinner in his family, working two jobs to provide for his children, and deportation would tear the family apart. That’s why Matt Hildreth of the organization America’s Voice started a MoveOn Petition asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to grant prosecutorial discretion and let Ramos stay with his family.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, January 17 2014
McCutcheon vs. FEC is the latest campaign finance case to find itself before the Roberts’ Supreme Court and could be 2014’s Citizens United. You can read more about the case here at SCOTUSblog, but this 90-second video from The Fix has the background you need: RSVP here for MoveOn’s Grassroots Democracy Virtual Teach-In co-hosted by […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 16 2014
S. 1975, a new election modernization bill in Massachusetts, would allow early voting, online voter registration, and preregistration, as well as other updates to make voting more fair. These reforms are vital for making elections accessible to as many Bay Staters as possible. That’s why Sara Brady of the organization MassVOTE started several MoveOn Petitions to the legislature, encouraging them to pass the bill.
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Civil Rights | Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, January 16 2014
Take Action: 1 Create a petition to your member of Congress right now asking them to co-sponsor Rep. Sarbanes’ Government by the People Act. 2 Sign up today to attend or host a rapid response event when the Supreme Court hands down its ruling in McCutcheon vs. FEC, 2014’s Citizens United. Resources: “10 Ways Citizens […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 15 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf5-RKhV8Fs Hey Fracking Fighters! Check back here at 8:25 pm ET/7:25 pm CT/6:25 PM MT/5:25 pm PT/3:25 pm HT to watch the video/slideshow portion of tonight’s training.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, January 15 2014
These two Utah MoveOn members are fighting to uphold a landmark ruling in support of marriage equality.
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LGBTQ+ Rights
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, January 14 2014
Thanks for RSVPing to join our Grassroots Democracy virtual teach-in. You’ll get an email the day of the teach-in reminding you to log on to MoveOn.org and join the conversation. In the meantime, be sure you’ve signed Senator Al Franken’s petition on your right to put Citizens United in the dumpster of bad ideas. P.S. […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, January 11 2014
In June of 2013, the New York Legislature passed a bill that would allow local governments to enact stronger regulations for pet dealers, effectively cracking down on “puppy mills,” breeding facilities that prize profits over animal welfare. Allie Feldman of the organization NYCLASS started a MoveOn Petition asking Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign the bill into law.
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By Anna Galland. Thursday, January 9 2014
Mother and daughter, Selena and Julia Martinez, started a petition to CBS News on MoveOn.org asking them to tell the whole truth about Obamacare. These two MoveOn members flew to NY to tell their story to CBS, and this is what happened…
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Health Care
