Manny Garcia

The governor is proposing a $5 million budget cut of funds that currently help to support Connecticut after-school programs.  Without state funding, many of these programs would have to close, leaving thousands of children to fend for themselves between the critical after-school hours of 3pm to 6pm.

Right now, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering lifting a temporary ban on fracking in New York. Lifting this temporary ban would threaten communities' health, pollute vital water sources, open up peoples' lands to gas exploration, and speed up global climate change. Communities across the

Every year hundreds of thousands of our nation's most majestic animals (wolves, coyotes, grizzly bears, mountain lions, and others) are being poisoned, trapped and gunned down by the government.  These wild native carnivores play an important roles in their ecosystems and should be protected.

Around the world, young people between the ages of 13 and 24 make up 40% of new HIV infections; in the United States alone, one in three new HIV infections will affect our country's youth. Despite these harsh realities, young people have a crucial role to play in the fight to end this pandemic once