By MoveOn Staff. Sunday, October 27 2013
When the Board of Education in Union, New Jersey, threatened to end the township’s highly successful Fall Academy program for local students, area resident Jeff Monge started a MoveOn Petition asking them to reinstate the Fall Academy.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, October 25 2013
Eight kids and teens die from gunshot wounds every day, and gun-related deaths have been increasing in the U.S. since 2000. It’s time to make this stop.
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Gun Control
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, October 22 2013
The New York Times‘ tendency to report on budget numbers without contextualizing them was a problem—especially in light of the recent federal budget crisis. That’s why MoveOn member (and former staffer) Daniel Mintz and Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy started MoveOn Petitions to Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan, asking her to institute a policy of always reporting budget numbers with percentages or comparisons.
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, October 21 2013
A new set of post-shutdown polls, commissioned by MoveOn.org Political Action, show Democrats not only have an opportunity to take back the House of Representatives next year, but could win a sizable majority if voter anger over the shutdown carries into 2014.
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Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, October 18 2013
All Power Shift attendees are eligible to participate in the Petition Contest. Winners for the most viral petition and the most strategic petition will win $150 gift cards to Staples (or other supplies store).
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, October 17 2013
In the midst of budget cuts to education in Philadelphia, schools were forced to lay off or cut hours for staff like teachers and school nurses. In October 2013, a student at one Philadelphia school suffered from an asthma attack that led to her death. If there had been a school nurse on campus that day, she might still be alive. This tragedy motivated Philadelphia parent Jesse Bacon to start a MoveOn Petition to Governor Tom Corbett, asking him to stop withholding $45 million of funding from Philadelphia schools.
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Education
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, October 17 2013
Big news: Yesterday a deal finally emerged that would end the government shutdown and stop the U.S. from hitting the debt ceiling. This is a victory that MoveOn members helped create.
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Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, October 16 2013
Once again, our nation’s economic health is being held hostage by Tea Party Republicans who insist on keeping Washington in a perpetual gridlock. MoveOn members have flocked to congressional offices across the country to hold demonstrations and tell Congress to “Stop the GOP Madness!”
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Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, October 16 2013
Federal firefighters are denied the pay, benefits, and title that state and local firefighters receive. 24-year-old Lindon Pronto is trying to change that.
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Civil Rights | Democracy
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, October 14 2013
This simple exchange from Parks and Recreation illustrates just how unreasonable the GOP is being.
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Democracy