Deric Lostutter helped expose the now-infamous Steubenville, Ohio teen rape case and cover-up by uncovering and posting the photos and tweets from teens who witnessed the attack. Without his work, we don't know if Jane Doe would have ever received justice. Now, he’s facing 10 years in prison for his role in "hacking" and uncovering this awful crime--while the actual rapists will serve no more than 2 years. Can you sign the petition telling the US Attorney that Lostutter is a hero, not a criminal?

Remember when conservatives in Congress held a hearing on birth control and didn't allow a single woman to testify? The Senate held a hearing on the national crisis of sexual assault in the military--and didn't hear from one single survivor of sexual assault. The Senate committee invited 2 supporters of reform and 18 opponents--a dangerously lopsided ratio that doesn't reflect public opinion. Deja vu all over again. Tell the Senate: Allow testimony from servicewomen who have survived sexual assault in the military.

What do Lou Dobbs and Fox think is the biggest threat facing our society? Working moms. An all-male panel on Dobbs' Fox Business show were in hysterics that a record number of women are the primary breadwinners in their home. They cried that having women as primary breadwinners is “bad for kids, bad for marriage”, “catastrophic”, and will “undermine our social order.” One panelist, Erick Erickson, even said that "science" dictates that men are dominant over women. Will you sign the petition demanding Fox fire Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams?

Would House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Republicans use a cynical and deceptive bill to con women and families into thinking Republicans are on their side, when really, they're trying to take away our rights? Yup. This week, they're going to vote on the deceptively named the “Working Families Flexibility Act,” and if we don't speak up quickly, it could pass. Sign the petition.

Eden Foods--a major organic food company--is suing the Obama Administration over the rule that insurance companies must cover birth control under the new healthcare law. Employers have no right to interfere with the reproductive health care of their female employees. If we all speak out now to add to the outrage, we can show Eden Foods and other businesses that are watching the controversy that their lawsuit is bad for publicity and bad for their bottom line.

Shame on all 45 Senators--including 4 Democrats--who just voted against requiring background checks for gun purchases--something 90% of Americans support. Four months after the Newtown massacre, they are still kowtowing to the gun lobby instead of protecting our kids and families. Champions in the Senate are going to keep fighting for this bill and we need put every senator who voted "No" on notice: We're here, we know what you did, and we're going to hold you accountable.

After 100,000 UltraViolet members and our allies spoke out, Reebok ended their endorsement deal with Rick Ross, the rapper who brags about raping a woman in his recent single. When a company does the right thing, it's important that we thank them. Can you sign the card to Reebok?

WARNING: If you think women should get equal pay for equal work, DO NOT SHARE THIS. But if you think that it's crazy that even today, women only make $0.77 for every dollar a man makes, you should share this right away.

Today's Equal Pay Day. If any of your friends try to tell you it doesn't matter, bust this out and ask if $431,000 matters to them!

"Consider your man card reissued." That's how Bushmaster Firearms advertised their AR-15 rifle--the semi-automatic rifle that gunned down 20 children in Newtown in December. Guns like this have no place in our society. But Democrats and Republicans alike are running away from legislation that would take these off the streets. If we don't rise up, the window to ban weapons of mass murder, like the AR-15, could quickly close.

Leaders in Congress just introduced bills to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, including expanded protections for Native American women, immigrant women, and members of the LGBT community. But those expanded protections are the very reason House conservatives shamefully refused to act on VAWA last year. So if we don't push Congress, hard, it might not even come up for a vote this year. Sign the petition today.

The rape of a 16-year-old girl by members of the Steubenville, Ohio high school football team was was witnessed by dozens of people and documented on Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. But none of the people who took photos and made jokes instead of trying to stop the attack have been arrested. If we all speak out we can pressure the Attorney General and special prosecutors to prosecute all those involved.

UltraViolet launched less than 10 months ago and in that short time, because of you, we've accomplished a lot together. Here's a "Thank You" card that lays out just a few of our biggest victories together.

With 20 children gunned down in their own school, along with six adults, banning assault weapons is the least we can do. Congress must to immediately pass the assault weapons ban and then work on a comprehensive plan to deal with both guns and mental health.

Take a look at these awesome gifts, and share this guide with your friends — every mom, dad, aunt, uncle, and grandparent out there needs to see this as they do their holiday shopping.

Right now, if a woman in the military is raped, her insurance will not cover the cost of an abortion. That’s just wrong! “The Shaheen Amendment” ends this ban but House GOP blocked it. Can you sign the petition asking Congress to pass it?

On Black Friday, an unprecedented strike of Walmart workers--70% of whom are women--is going national. After facing retaliation for demanding better working conditions and fair wages, workers are standing up to the retail behemoth. Show them we've got their backs.

The 2012 election was definitely the year of the woman. From record numbers of women headed to the U.S. Senate and House to glass ceiling after glass ceiling shattered, women showed their power at the polls on Election Day. Check out our latest infographic to find out more.

The first presidential debate featured exactly zero references to women or women's issues. That's got to change. The next debate is being hosted by CNN's Candy Crowley — tell her you want questions about women's issues featured.

Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts retailer founded by evangelical Christians, is suing the federal government so they don't have to cover certain kinds of birth control for employees. Tell Hobby Lobby women deserve to choose their own birth control!

The Democratic Convention featured strong women talking about crucial issues - about which CNN commentator Erick Erickson commented "First night of the Vagina Monologues in Charlotte going as expected." This goes too far. Call on CNN to fire Erickson.

On August 1, free birth control, annual check ups and a bunch of other great benefits go into effect for women thanks to the Affordable Care Act. But most women don't know about them, so we created an info graphic to help get the word out. Can you share it with your friends?

Congress wants massive cuts to women’s health—de-funding Planned Parenthood, repealing birth control coverage and more. Now they’re tying these cuts to must-pass laws. And they’ll keep pushing these cuts all year. We need to let them know that we won’t stand for it.

Huge News! The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act! But most people don't know about all the great benefits in the law that can help women. Can you help spread the word?

Facebook appointed the first woman to its board of directors! Appointing Sheryl Sandberg is a great step in the right direction and wouldn't have happened if 53,000 UltraViolet members hadn't demanded it. But we have to keep fighting until women have equal representation on all corporate boards. Read more by clicking "Press" at the top of the page!

Did you know that it's been more than 20 years since a woman moderated a presidential debate? Three high school girls are working to make sure that trend ends this year, but they need our voices with them!

Rep. Nan Hayworth's spokesman went off on a Facebook tirade where he advocated "hurling acid" at Democratic women senators. More than 57,000 UltraViolet members signed a petition demanding that he be fired and due to the media storm we helped create, Townsend was forced to resign!

Maddow set the record straight on the pay gap even though she was being shouted down and interrupted by a Republican strategist who said women don’t work as hard as men. When women fearlessly speak truth to power, we must get their backs. Sign this card thanking her!

True story: Congress may fail to renew the Violence Against Women Act because right-wing politicians think it protects too many people. No one—gay, straight, man, woman, legal or undocumented—should be denied protections from abuse. Sign the petition demanding Congress act!

Women are losing up to $24,000 every year because wage discrimination is a huge problem in our country. Worse, they can be fired for trying to do something about it. Tell Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.

Rush Limbaugh attacked a young woman who testified before Congress on birth control by calling her a slut. Then he said she should have to post videos of herself having sex so he can watch.

 Tell Rush advertisers to drop him right away!

The right-wing is off the rails over Obama's decision to require insurance coverage of birth control. Speaker Boehner and Senator Mitch McConnell pledged to overturn it. Now pro-choice Democrats AND Republicans are urging them not to do it. Let's get their backs.

UPDATE! We won!!! President Obama chose not to nominate Larry Summers to lead the World Bnak. Instead he chose the President of Dartmouth- Dr. Jim Yong Kim- who has an impressive history of advocating for women and girls in developing countries to lead the institution. Thank you to all the UltraViolet members who took action and made this victory possible.

Karen Handel has resigned but the problem isn't fixed yet. Komen for the Cure has deliberately left the door open to cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood next year. We need to keep up the pressure. Will you join us?

New reports show that Karen Handel, Komen ‘s Senior Vice President of Policy was the architect of the push to defund Planned Parenthood. She crafted the “investigations” policy just for the purpose of cutting them off. Will you tell Komen that Handel needs to go?

President Obama and Secretary Sebelius did the right and approved a new rule requiring insurance companies to cover birth control. This is a move that will help tens of millions of women. But the radical right-wing is attacking them for doing it. We need to show the administration and the media that millions of us support this decision.