Join these 29,190 other Americans for Human Rights and stand against torture.

Count me in! I want a U.S. President who will not allow torture to happen again in America’s name. All U.S. personnel must uphold the absolute ban on torture and cruel treatment with no exceptions. I do not tolerate "outsourcing" torture or holding prisoners in secret.

Once you sign, we will keep you posted about the range of ways you can "Elect to End Torture" throughout the 2008 presidential campaign. 

Click here to read the petition letter that will be presented to the presidential candidates along with your names.

There are increased and vocal objections in Congress and in the press to any FISA bill that lets lawbreakers off the hook.  And now, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) has made it clear that all it takes to stop assaults on the Constitution is the political will to act.

The possibility of a filibuster means that every single Senator now has a choice to make:  give in to White House pressure by giving immunity to telecommunications companies and allowing wiretapping of Americans without any real check, or, stand up for the Constitution and the rule of law.

Tell your senators to protect the Constitution and the rule of law. Simply fill in your information below to send an instant letter to your senators.

According to our sources, the leaders in the Senate are negotiating a compromise energy bill. This compromise would sell out clean energy for wind and solar and include huge subsidies for ethanol and nuclear power. In exchange, we would get the promise of modest increases in automobile fuel efficiency standards, if environmentalists in the Senate can get a majority to stand up and hold the line.

This is unacceptable. And given the Senate's track record in the last few weeks, we have little confidence that the leadership will not cave to the Bush administration yet again.

Tell your senators (and we'll send a cc fax to Senate Majority Leader Harry.

Protect and Assist Iraqi Refugees

Dear [ Decision Maker ]

The Iraqi refugee crisis is the greatest human displacement crisis in the Middle East in almost 60 years. The U.S. response to the crisis has been insufficient to meet the needs of the two million displaced inside Iraq and the two million Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries.

The U.S. must develop a comprehensive assistance plan including:

-- A humanitarian aid package that provides shelter, health care, food, schooling, and helps protect refugees and the internally displaced.

-- Sufficient support to resettle additional Iraq refugees in the U.S. Priority should be given to the most vulnerable - those who worked for Americans, are persecuted minorities, or have close family in the U.S.

-- Special immigrant visas and other measures to allow vulnerable Iraqis (like unaccompanied children) to come to the U.S.

The Senate recently took a significant step toward achieving these goals through approval of the "Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act" as an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that passed the Senate on October 1.

As a U.S. citizen, I urge you to take prompt action on this and other legislation that helps uprooted Iraqis whose lives are at risk, in many cases because of their support to the U.S. in Iraq, and provide increased aid in the near future.

We need your help in asking President Bush to ensure that no weapons provided to Pakistan by the United States are used to commit human rights violations against peaceful demonstrators in the country. In addition, the United States need to publicly demand the immediate and unconditional release of all peaceful demonstrators being detained in Pakistan. The situation in Pakistan is deteriorating, as hundred have been arrested and arbitrarily detained across Pakistan. They include lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists. Several Supreme Court Justices were sacked, including the chief justice, and placed under house arrest. The time to take action is now, as every day counts! It is crucial that the United States mobilizes and puts pressure on Pakistan before it is too late.

An investigation by the Associated Press caught Comcast secretly inspecting online communications and crippling users' ability to share information with one another.

This is a gross violation of Net Neutrality -- the longstanding principle that ensures a free and open Internet. Free Press has filed a legal complaint demanding that the FCC take action to protect the Internet's free flow of information. By sending the letter you join the fight to stop Comcast and other gatekeepers.

The Bush Administration wants to sacrifice one of the world's most important ecosystems in Arctic Alaska to the oil industry. We need your help to stop it.

A million birds, more than 45,000 caribou (and other mammals), and seven Alaska Native communities depend on the unparalleled resources of the Teshekpuk Lake region.

Ninety percent of the region where the lake is located is already open to oil and gas development. This internationally-renowned ecosystem and the remarkable wildlife that inhabits it deserve protection.

Over the last year, Union of Concerned Scientists supporters across the country have sent thousands of letters to state and federal lawmakers urging them to reduce global warming pollution. While we've laid important groundwork and celebrated some concrete victories at the state and regional level—the United States still needs national comprehensive climate legislation.

Soon, Congress will be consumed with 2008 presidential election activity. We need a strong policy that helps prevent dangerous warming. We have a small window of opportunity—and we must act now.

Last week, Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) introduced America’s Climate Security Act (S. 2191). The bill’s bi-partisan support and strong framework for reducing global warming pollution will help build momentum for real congressional action. However, the Senate must act to strengthen a few elements of the bill. Please urge your senators to ensure that the bill helps avoid the worst effects of global warming.

Congress is set to pass the energy bill this Fall. We'll get more solar and wind and even better fuel efficiency for our cars. There's just one thing: one line in the new energy bill provides up to $50 billion for the nuclear industry.

We've already got the safe, viable alternatives to replace the dirty energy we're using now. Building new atomic reactors in an age of terror threats is not only scary, but the toxic waste from nuclear power threatens our health and our planet.

Please sign the petition, watch the video, and pass it along to friends.

Every five years Congress makes decisions about how our food will be produced when they vote on the Food and Farm Bill. We all want healthy, tasty food, but the Food and Farm Bill should also support modern farming practices that protect the foundations of our food supply, like healthy soil and a fresh water supply. At the same time, government policy should address the effects that some farm practices have on our health, such as antibiotic resistance caused by adding these important drugs to the feed of animals that are not sick. Over the next few days, the Senate will debate this critical legislation that could drastically affect the future of our food supply. This is your chance to demand federal agricultural programs that are better for you and our planet. Please write to your senator today!

After passionate lobbying by the Netroots. Senator Chris Dodd took heroic action by putting the wiretap immunity bill on hold. Hooray!!!!!! First, let's thank Senator Dodd.

Second, we need all of the progressive Senators to join Senator Dodd's hold, because the pressure on him to surrender to Bush and the telecom giants will be huge.  

Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been keeping a secret from the American people. He wants to push through plans to remove decades-old media ownership protections. And he's trying to do it without public scrutiny.

Letters like this -- millions of them -- stopped media consolidation in 2003. Sign the letter and tell everyone you know. 

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