Tell Monster.com to Ban Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers
There's a growing problem with companies that refuse to hire people who don't already have a job. With unemployment at 9%, this kind of discrimination affects a huge number of people. And it hits Black...
View ArticleTell Monster.com to Ban Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers
There's a growing problem with companies that refuse to hire people who don't already have a job. With unemployment at 9%, this kind of discrimination affects a huge number of people. And it hits Black...
View ArticleHelp stop AT&T's dangerous lies
In June, more than 52,000 ColorOfChange members spoke out against a proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, arguing that the deal is likely to destroy jobs, raise the price of cellular service,...
View ArticleColorOfChange.org in Chicago: Justice for the Cook County Ten
This week, we joined Chicago-area ColorOfChange.org members to deliver more than 66,000 petition signatures to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. The petition demands that State’s Attorney...
View ArticleTroy Davis is dead; the movement continues
At 11:08 pm Wednesday, the state of Georgia killed Troy Davis. Just before he was executed, Troy maintained his innocence, urged people to dig deeper into the case to find the truth, and said "For...
View ArticleTell MSNBC: Fire Pat Buchanan
Yesterday, ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign calling on MSNBC President Phil Griffin and NBC News President Steve Capus to fire Pat Buchanan. Â Buchanan, who has long used his position as a...
View ArticleVoter ID Laws: The New Poll Tax
For anyone who thought legal disenfranchisement was a thing of the past, think again. The 2012 campaign season -- which will pick up speed in the wake of the elections held around the country today --...
View ArticleMillions Disenfranchised
Today, ColorOfChange.org launched a campaign calling for corporations to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC has drafted and distributed model legislation that appears...
View ArticleHold 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...
View ArticleHelp 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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