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+ Repeal Ban on Federal Financial Aid to Students With Drug Convictions + Students applying for federal financial aid are asked by the government if they have been convicted of a drug crime. But for ...

+ Support a Moratorium on Federal Executions + Despite its own study showing racial and geographic disparities in the use of the federal death penalty, the U.S. government ...

+ Support the "Medical Necessity" Defense for Medical Marijuana + Medical marijuana is the only hope that some seriously ill patients have for relief. Yet the Drug Enforcement Agency continues to ...

+ Urge Congress to Oppose Expansion of the Death Penalty and Locking Children Up in Prison + The criminal justice system needs major reform. Instead of focusing on the obvious flaws in the death penalty system and reforming [...] of Congress are pushing legislation that would sweep innocent people into prison. Read more or take action right now!

+ Urge Congress to Shut Down Guantanamo Bay and Secret Prisons -- And Restore Rights + Congress needs to act now to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison and all secret federal government facilities where individuals have ...

+ Urge Congress to Stop Racial Profiling + Many Americans know about racial profiling -- the practice of using ethnicity or religion as the primary factor in deciding who to [...] Racial profiling is ineffective and steeped in erroneous assumptions. Read more or take action right now!