In addition to measuring the overall volume of petitions on “We the People,” Pew Research Center also conducted a content analysis to determine which issues resonated with users of the site. 4 This ...

February 03, 2025 - When the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) changed the rule regarding revival petitions in March 2020 to additionally require a statement explaining unintentional ...

Online petitions are often seen as a form of “slacktivism” – small acts that don’t require much commitment and are more about helping us feel good than effective activism. But the impacts of online ...

If you're passionate about a cause and want to start a petition, you can do so online. There are many websites that allow you to create a petition, but the most notable is Change.org. It is a ...

If you have recently signed an online petition - and then observed a result from it - you are far from alone. Once niche, websites such as Change.org, ipetitions.com and Avaaz.org have moved into the ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. It’s easy to create a ...

In theory, citizen petitions about drug safety are supposed to be exactly what they sound like: a way for anyone to bring concerns straight to the Food and Drug Administration. In practice, many ...

AN ONLINE petition to ban Donald Trump from making a state visit to Britain this summer is destined to be ignored. The petition has so far been signed by 1.8m people, nearly four times as many as a ...