Hold Wall Street banks accountable
Today we launched a campaign calling on President Obama and Attorney General Holder to stand up to big banks and push for a full investigation of those responsible for the foreclosure crisis that...
View ArticleOur February series: ColorOfChange history is Black history
This month the ColorofChange blog will feature some key events in contemporary Black history, almost all of which coincide with campaigns the organization has taken on. We'll be offering you a...
View ArticleOur February Series: Katrina and the birth of ColorOfChange
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast in August and September of 2005, upending the lives of 1.5 million people and putting Black folks' lack of political and social power front and center for...
View ArticleOur Black History Month Series: Organizing for the Jena Six
Most of us had never heard of Jena, Louisiana. But in 2006, six teenage boys were arrested and the small town of 4,000 would soon be thrust into the national spotlight as a prime example of 21st...
View ArticleJustice for Trayvon Martin
Today, ColorOfChange launched a campaign calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.Please read the email we sent to members below, and join...
View ArticleAt urging of ColorOfChange, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo sever ties with ALEC
Today, NPR broke the news that PepsiCo has also dropped its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The shadowy group has pushed discriminatory voter ID laws in statehouses...
View ArticleTell State Farm, McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson: 'Stop supporting ALEC'
UPDATE: ColorOfChange responds to reports that McDonald's has ended its membership in ALEC.Today, State Farm, Johnson & Johnson and McDonald's have all been receiving phone calls from ColorOfChange...
View ArticleTell your state officials: Stand against 'Shoot First' laws
This week, ColorOfChange launched a campaign calling on state officials to repeal Shoot First Laws -- the dangerous law that's being used to shield George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon...
View ArticleColorOfChange.org tells the NY Senate: Stop unlawful, racially-biased...
Today, ColorOfChange and partners including Drug Policy Alliance launched a campaign calling on members of the New York State Legislature to stop unlawful, discriminatory marijuana arrests.Black and...
View ArticleTell NYC officials: Time to unite the two New Yorks
Stop and frisk policies destroy lives and communities, but New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly continue to defend the practice. Recently, tens of thousands took to...
View ArticleHave you seen these billboards? ColorofChange launched a campaign.
Just weeks before election day, voter intimidation billboards have popped up in Black and Latino neighborhoods in Ohio and Wisconsin. The billboards threaten voters with lengthy prison time and...
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Help us take down the private prison industry
The number of people detained in for-profit prisons has grown by 1,664% in the past twenty years and the human impact has been devastating. Private prisons report some of the most abusive and inhumane...
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