Matthew Aaron
MessageBan the use of neonicotinoid pesticides before they devastate bee populations in the USA
Healthy bee populations are essential to the production of our food. Bees are attracted to floral nectars and help pollinate the plant, allowing it to reproduce. Therefore, without honey bees, our lives would be impoverished by a general lack of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other bee-pollinated
Demand that Congress allocate more public funds to Legal Services nationwide to ensure low-income Americans have equal access to justice
by Civic Engagement: Make Our Voices Heard
In 1974 Michigan-resident Edward Carter was convicted of assaulting a pregnant woman in his university bathroom. The trial lasted for only two days and Edward’s court-appointed lawyer – who was fresh out of law school at the time – encouraged him to take a plea deal despite that Edward adamantly
Demand that for-profit colleges stop taking advantage of veterans
by Education
In 2009, for-profit schools took in almost as much GI Bill money as not-for-profit schools, though they enrolled only a third as many veterans. Some of these schools have taken outright advantage of vets just to get to GI Bill funds. An investigation by the Government Accountability Office found
Take the Pledge: Don't flush tiger habitats!
Not all tissue and paper towels are made from responsible sources. The toilet paper you use may have a direct impact on the 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild. More than 5 million acres of Sumatran forest have been cut down to make the paper pulp used for toilet paper. These forests are home to
Remove pink slime from Giant grocery stores!
Recent attention on the meat industry has revealed that 70% of beef in supermarkets contains a disgusting additive called pink slime. Referred to surreptitiously by Beef Products, Inc. as "boneless beef lean trimmings", pink slime is comprised of bits of meat and muscle salvaged from the