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Say No to Big Oil's Secret Deals
Big Oil is lobbying to kill laws that protect the people of Africa from corruption and exploitation!
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Say No to the Enbridge Pipeline!
Take action against this oil pipeline that would take away the homes of indigenous Canadians.
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Stop Censoring Women!
House Republicans are once again censoring Sandra Fluke and all women's voices in contraception hearings.
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Thank U.S. Veterans for Protest!
"Veterans for America" arranged an "eat-in" to protest a hate crime in Massachusetts.
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Train Teachers: Keep Kids Safe
Many teachers don't have adequate training to recognize signs of child sex abuse.
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Protect Funding for Clean Water
Lack clean water kills 1.8 million children under the age of five every year. Tell Congress to take a stand.
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Africa Needs Anti-Corruption Laws
Secret payments are allowing unscrupulous leaders to steal profits instead of fighting poverty!
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Help Change Her World
It only takes ONE girl to change the world. Be the ONE to help her do it.
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Stop the Typhoid Outbreak in ZW!
Demand that the water and sanitation system in be brought up to standard for the sake of public health.
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Leave the Girl Scouts Alone!
Indiana state rep Bob Morris delivers harsh criticisms towards the Girl Scouts of USA.
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Tell UN to Aid Malian Refugees!
Displaced by violence in Mali, 10,000 have gone to Niger, only to be faced with a food and water crisis.
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Don't Cut Canada's Aid Budget
Tell Prime Minister Harper not to cut critical aid funding that saves lives and fights poverty.
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Marriage Equality in the U.S.
It's high time for LGBT citizens to have the same rights to a loving marriage as everyone else.
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Save the Lives of Families
We need to ensure that all federal programs are tightening their belts at the same rate.
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Birth Control "not about women?"
According to Rep. Joe Walsh, the birth control issue is "not about women," but about "religious liberties"?
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Its Time to Fix Medicare
Congress needs to stop the budget games and fix Medicare for America's seniors.
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Support Rural Hospitals
If Medicare is cut, many rural hospitals could be forced to close their doors for good.
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Thank You Gabby Giffords!
Gabrielle Giffords was an exemplary member of the House of Representatives. As a representative for...
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Obama: Speak Out About Famine
With hundreds of children in Africa's Horn dying of hunger every day, our President can't stay silent.
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TN Tea Party: Slavery Happened
TN Tea Party members are lobbying to remove slavery from history books to "protect" the founding fathers' reputation.
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REAL Change Means REAL Jobs
REAL change for Australia means making sure no one is left behind, including Indigenous jobseekers.
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Protect Student from Racism!
A Muslim student at the University of Bridgeport was sexually harassed and then reported as a terrorist.
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Send Hope to a Hungry Child in...
Drought, rising food costs and political instability are all leading to famine in the Horn of Africa....
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Clean Water is a Human Right!
Water is such a fundamental need, but millions of people in the world lack access to clean water.
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Keep Teachers Accountable!
Teachers in Georgia school district promote slavery through math problem sets.
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Fight Rape and Gender Based...
Following years of conflict and poverty, the Democratic Republic of Congo experiences some of the most...
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Fight AIDS with Family Planning
If we want to end the AIDS epidemic, family planning must be part of the solution.
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Stop Telling Women "Credit Denied"
In too many developing nations women can't get access to even basic financial services like bank accounts.
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