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What I Learned After My Friend's Baby Died

Jenny Isenman | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jenny From the Blog, R Baby Foundation, Baby, Moms Should Know, Tips, Motherhood, Jenny Isenman, Phyllis Rabinowitz, Petition, Saving Lives, Survival, change.org, Parents-Babies, Parents News

The ER that she went to said her daughter had a simple cold. They made her feel neurotic. They made her feel overprotective and ignorant.

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Mom Can't Get Credit Card, Starts Protest Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Online Petitions, Household Income, Credit CARD Act, Capital One, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Credit Card Act of 2009, Holy McCall, Credit Cards, Petition, Personal Income, Money News

Holly McCall, a 34-year-old mother of two from Vienna, Va., grabbed headlines last week with her fight for the right of stay-at-home mothers to open t...

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Let's Not Give in to Beef Industry "Slimewashing"

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Usda, Nancy Huehnergarth, Chellie Pingree, Lean Beef Trimmings, Beef Industry, Food Safety, E. Coli, Pink Slime, Petition, Nancy Donley, Beef, Pink Slime Beef, Meat, American Meat Institute, Pink Slime Meat, Food News

The beef industry is pushing back hard in the last few days against opposition to Lean Beef Trimmings, better known as "pink slime."

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Senior Advocates To AARP: 'Americans Don't Want Cuts To Social Security'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Aarp, Credo, Video, Credo Action, Social Security, Petition, Firedoglake, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two separate campaigns have been launched to pressure AARP to stand firm against cuts in Social Security and Medicare benefits. The camp...

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NYU Freshman Gets 10K Signatures To Remove Chick-fil-A

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.02.2012

NEW YORK -- Hillary Dworkoski thinks it's ridiculous that there's a Chick-fil-A located on New York University's campus. Dworkoski, a freshman at N...

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D.C. Food Trucks Gathering Support For New Regulations

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: DC Restaurants, Video, Regulations, District of Columbia, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Petition, Restaurant Association, D.C., Public Comment Period, Food Trucks, New Regulations, DC News

WASHINGTON -- It's barely taken 24 hours, but the D.C. Food Trucks Association has already assembled more than 500 signatures in support of new regula...

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A Whole Child Petition

Sean Slade | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: White House, Career and College, Health, Whole Child, Council, Arts, School Reform, 21st Century Skills, Petition, School Improvement, Physical Education, Education News

What is a whole child approach to education? It is an education that enhances learning by addressing each student's social, emotional, physical, and a...

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Is Miami Too Luxury-Obsessed To See Perks Of A Midtown Walmart?

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Grant Stern, Open Media Miami, Midtown Walmart, Development, Kareem Zarwi, Petition, Topicwalmart, Walmart Midtown Miami, Walmart, Miami Politics, Miami News

After Miami New Times broke the news that a Walmart may be built in Midtown, there's been a growing debate in the community. Will the discount store s...

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10,000 Publix Shoppers Demand Change

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Recycling, Publix, Petition to Ban Styrofoam at Publix, Miami Impact, Miami News, Packaging, Sustainability, Styrofoam, Environmentalism, Grocery Store, Maura O'Donnell, Petition, Miami News

After Maura O'Donnell's husband came home from Publix for "nth" time with fruits and veggies on Styrofoam trays, she thought, "Why am I yelling at him...

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The Best Black Friday Deals In The Country

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Retailers, Sears, Walmart, Holiday Shopping, Toys 'R US, Discounts, Black Friday, Officemax, Target, Petition, Thanksgiving Day, Savings, Deals, Business News

With the budgets of so many stretched thin this holiday season, retailers are doing all they can to make sure there's a Black Friday deal for everyone...

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A Crisis in Our Military

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Politics, Law, Congress, US Military, Department of Defense, Army, Rape, Military, Crime, Justice Department, Petition, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier, Protect Our Defenders, Women, Crime News

The epidemic of sexual assault in the military is a problem we can fix -- we only have to want to. Our troops protect us and it is our duty to protect them.

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The Case of the Missing White House Petitions

J.H. Snider | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: E-Petitions, Online Petitions, Open Government Directive, Petition, Student Debt, Federated Identity Management, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Open Government, Participatory Democracy, Social Media Politics, Deliberative Democracy, Technology News

Given that We The People does in fact enhance the values of democratic deliberation and accountability, it may be unfair to emphasize the ways it fails to reach its potential.

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Not Without A Warrant

Leslie Harris | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Congress, Ecpa, Wiretap, Mobile Phone, Surveillance, Petition, Fourth Amendment, Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Privacy, Government Surveillance, Online Privacy, Technology News

Anytime the government wants to peek at your online photos, read your emails, or track your mobile phone it should follow the same rules as it does offline, stand before a judge and get a warrant.

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We Need Measurable Outcomes From the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs

Nalini Saligram | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Non-Communicable Diseases, Ncds, Petition, World Health Organization, United Nations, Impact News

By not agreeing to final language about what the world should do to tackle NCDs, our public leaders broke our trust.

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Women: A Powerful Solution to the Non-Communicable Diseases Crisis

Nalini Saligram | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Women, Health, United Nations, Ncds, Non-Communicable Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Global Health, Petition, Impact News

Women are powerful. Women are central figures in every family, affecting the health -- and future -- of children everywhere. Women also shape world ...

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Could Casey Anthony Be The Next Superstar?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Orlando, Boycott, Casey Anthony Trial, Amy Fisher, Michael Sands, Caylee Anthony, OJ Simpson, Murder, Mike Tyson, Video, Hln, Nancy Grace, Image, Cable News Ratings, Casey Anthony, Casey Anthony Verdict, Petition, Celebrities, Crime News

The ink was still drying on Casey Anthony's acquittal in the first-degree murder of her daughter when dozens of links to protest groups and petitions ...

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Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf: An Attempt To Steal the Show

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Egypt, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia, Human Rights Watch, United Arab Emirates, Uae, Kuwait, Arabs, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Muslim Brotherhood, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Petition, World News

The governments of the Arab Gulf states have been skeptical of the Arab Spring. For many political observers this skepticism stemmed from the fact tha...

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The Low-Down on Downers and the USDA

Gene Baur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farm Sanctuary, President Obama, Factory Farming, Sheep, Downers, Undercover Investigations, Alison Longley, Campaigns, Agribusiness, Goats, News and Updates, Downed Animals, Pigs, Usda, Slaughterhouses, Cattle, Petition, Investigations, Impact News

Now is our chance to let the USDA know that we demand that action is taken to prevent downed animals from being abused and slaughtered for human food.

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Accountability: Who Else Will Go the Way of Congressman Bobby Rush?

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telecommunications, Colorofchange, Bobby Rush, ColorOfChange.Org, Petition, Net Neutrality, Politics News

No member of Congress is beyond reproach. Every member of Congress should be open scrutiny of their record, and every member should be judged by his or her record. It's critical to an effective democracy.

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Return Civility to Washington

Sen. Mark Udall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Senate, Congress, Public Discourse, Tucson Shooting, Obama State of the Union, Gabrielle Giffords, State of the Union Address, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Petition, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, State of the Union, Civility, Politics News

Last week, I called on Congress to make a symbolic gesture of national unity by abandoning the traditionally partisan seating at the President's State of the Union address -- and the idea is catching on.

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60,000 protest Comcast attack on Netflix

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Competition, Msnbc, Pccc, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Federal Communications Commission, Abc, Keith Olbermann, Netflix, Comcast, Petition, Cbs, Net Neutrality, Nbc, Technology News

The Huffington Post front page, the AP, and the New York Times are reporting developing details about the big news that broke last night: Comcast will...

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200,000 sign petition for Olbermann

Adam Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Msnbc, Suspended, Pccc, Petition, Keith Olbermann, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Politics News

As Danny Shea, Sam Stein, and others are well documenting, Keith Olbermann's suspension is getting a ton of attention. The Progressive Change Campaign...

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Victory -- ABC News Drops Andrew Breitbart

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorofchange, Andrew Breitbart, Credo, Credo Action, ColorOfChange.Org, Breitbart, Petition, Action, Color of Change, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Media News

ABC News just announced that they've rescinded their invitation for Andrew Breitbart to be part of their election night coverage. The network had already said Breitbart won't be appearing on the air; now they've told him he's not welcome to appear online either.

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$11-Million Monument to Benazir Bhutto: APPROVED

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flood, Pakistan, Representative Government, Angelina Jolie, Statue, Zardari, President, Taxpayer, Pakistani Flood, Government, Donation, Wealth, Benazir Bhutto, Monument, Disaster, Assassination, Bhutto, Per Capita, Petition, Pakistani, World News

As flood waters ravage Pakistan's land and 20 million of its people, , yet another devastating blow has hit Pakistan: the government approved an $11-million statue of Benazir Bhutto. Yes, this is Pakistani taxpayer money.

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Looking For Lady Gaga

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 11.17.2011

Having a big name behind a cause is always a big help, isn't it? Particularly in the case of a cause like suicide that needs education and National di...

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