Nicole Pearce
MessagePOLL: Like Angelina Jolie, would you take the BRCA genetic test to learn your breast cancer risk?
Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed in the NY Times about getting a preventive double mastectomy. She did this because she tested positive as a carrier of the BRCA gene. If one tests positive for this genetic mutation, one has up to a 65% lifetime risk of getting breast cancer. If one tests positive
Pledge to Remember The 9/11 Victims and Heroes in 2013
by 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance (9/11 Day)
Each 9/11 we challenge all Americans and others around the world to keep the promise made in the days immediately after the terrorist attacks -- to never forget! We invite you to join us in reaffirming that commitment by signing this year's pledge to remember the 9/11 victims and heroes by
Bandit Deserves A Chance to Live, 3 Years on Death Row is Too Long
We need to help Bandit's family by offering our support any way we can so Bandit and Sandi York may be reunited. This could happen to anyone and has happened already to many helpless dog owners who have had their family pets taken and destroyed. It is vital that we send a strong message to those
Stop The Government From Taking Benefits From The Truly Disabled
by Stop The Government Taking Benefits From The Truly Disabled
In 2010 Jennifer Alex Spencer wrote: "When you read this, I'll be dead..I wish that no human/animal should ever go through life as I did, or endure so much deliberate cruelty to be placed on them..' The last written words of Jennifer (Alex) Spencer a retired teacher denied direct payments for
Redefine Rape: Support the Rape is Rape bill
"What does a woman have to do to prove she was raped?" Hello I'm Lydia Cuomo, I had been raped and now it felt like I was being traumatized all over again This time it was in a courtroom, my family and friends were there, my rapist and his attorney, and the public. He had already confessed. My