Thousands of Change.org users have been calling for an independent investigation and a special prosecutor since President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey last week. One of them is Jill Moore, whose petition skyrocketed to over 80,000 signatures before she declared victory following the appointment of Robert Mueller III to serve as special counsel. […]
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A special counsel has been appointed – what’s next?
Written by Juliana Britto Schwartz · May 18, 2017 4:14 pm -
Congress extends healthcare for retired coal miners and their families.
As part of the $1.1 trillion spending bill just passed by Congress, Congressional leaders have reached a deal to extend healthcare for over 22,600 retired coal miners and their families who were set to lose these benefits at the end of April. These miners, who in many cases worked for decades in dangerous conditions, were […]
Written by Jon Perri · May 5, 2017 3:26 pm -
On May Day, Immigrants Are Standing Up To Trump
Today on International Worker’s Day, immigrants, workers and allies across the country are hitting the streets to fight back against President Trump’s immigration agenda. From New York to California, today’s actions come after months of organizing against what activists are calling “Trump’s deportation machine.” Closing out his first 100 days in office, the president has […]
Written by Juliana Britto Schwartz · May 1, 2017 7:21 pm -
Change.org in the First 100 Days and Beyond
On President Trump’s 100th day in office, we wanted to focus on something different than the stories you’ve seen leading up to today: How people like you took action to hold his team and Members of Congress accountable in ways that will continue throughout his presidency. In the aftermath of the November election, we’ve witnessed […]
Written by Joshunda Sanders · April 29, 2017 1:11 pm -
Dispelling Myths About Sanctuary Cities One City At A Time
In addition to galvanizing thousands of workers ahead of May Day rallies around the world, efforts around immigration during the first 100 days of the Trump Administration have called attention to ‘sanctuary cities,’ or cities that expressly limit cooperation with the federal government in order to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. For cities and states […]
Written by Joshunda Sanders · April 29, 2017 1:07 pm -
Over 20,000 Retired Coal Miners Could Lose Health Insurance This Week
John Leach worked in a Kentucky coal mine for Peabody Energy, the largest privately held coal miner in the U.S, for over two decades. As you can imagine, it wasn’t easy. Working in coal mines is a challenging and dangerous job, but it came with a promise from coal companies and Congress: work hard to supply America […]
Written by Jon Perri · April 25, 2017 3:55 pm -
One Student’s Global Movement to Protect Waters from Plastic Waste
By Kathryn Semogas, Change.org Canada Tyler Doose is an environmental science student at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He started “Protect Our Waters: Say No to Plastic Waste – a global movement to bring people who start similar petitions from different countries together. For Earth Day, I spoke with Tyler about why he hopes local voices […]
Written by Zoë Tersche · April 21, 2017 9:24 pm -
Planet Earth, We Have a Problem: Creating Awareness of EVs
For people who care about the planet, it seems beyond comprehension that an estimated 60 percent of Americans don’t know anything about electric vehicles (EVs) as we celebrate Earth Day 2017. That’s unfortunate, given how good they can be for the environment in reducing carbon emissions. It is alarming that at this critical time in our […]
Written by Joshunda Sanders · April 20, 2017 2:38 pm -
Tax Marches Took Place in Over 200 Cities on Saturday
On Saturday, April 15, over 125,000 people took part in the Tax March, protests calling for Donald Trump to release his tax returns that were organized in more than 200 cities around the world. The largest crowd was in Washington, D.C., where an estimated 25,000 people showed up to hear speakers including Rep. Maxine Waters and […]
Written by Jon Perri · April 18, 2017 7:19 am -
American citizens won’t let up on elected officials: give us in-person town halls.
When Members of Congress recently went home for a two-week recess, citizens throughout the country — eager to discuss the issues they care most about — turned to Change.org once again to demand that their representatives hold in-person town hall meetings. And from California to Florida, we followed along their work as they mobilized and took collective action in […]
Written by AJ Walton · April 17, 2017 11:44 pm