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COC is part of a coalition to outlaw discrimination based on hair. The bill has passed in NY and CA; NJ is next. When companies decide that locks, braids, twists, or cornrows are “unprofessional,” they are really sending a message to Black people that they don’t belong unless they conform to white norms.
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As Facebook announces a new civil rights task force to stop enabling discrimination in areas from housing to bank lending with its ads, COC will be watching to see if the company keeps its promises, Rashad Robinson says.
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“We know the attempt to add a citizenship question was politically motivated, done to suppress participation among communities traditionally hard to count,” mostly communities of color, says Rashad Robinson, of the Supreme Court’s new ruling on what can be included in the Census.
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Rashad Robinson reflects on how important it is for LGBTQ allies to mobilize as people around the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall and the right wing intensifies its attacks on voting rights.
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Rashad writes about how the Central Park 5 case was a political awakening for him — and what Ava DuVernay’s new mini-series reveals about our power to come together and change the criminal justice system.
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This article talks about how this year’s Mama’s Day Bailout raised close to $2 million and bailed out 308 women. Now, a new fellowship is giving them the chance to organize and advocate for criminal justice reform.
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This article mentions COC’s successful campaign to hold Linda Fairstein, one of the prosecutors who used coerced confessions to put five innocent boys in prison, accountable. The true takeaway from Ava DuVernay’s new miniseries, it argues, is how prosecutors are behind so many of the cracks in our criminal justice system.
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This feature takes a deep dive into the many issues COC works on — from abusive police tactics to prosecutorial misconduct — that are unearthed in Ava DuVernay’s new Netflix series on the Central Park Five.
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For the third Mother’s Day in a row, Color Of Change supported the Black Mama’s Bail Out, a grassroots effort to bring women home — and amplify calls to end money bail and the growing incarceration of women.
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Years ago, Color Of Change members pressured Fox to pull Cops, the enormously high-rated and racist reality TV show from its network. Now, a new podcast explains how the show created false and dangerous ideals about police and law enforcement, just as we are about to launch our new research report on crime TV shows.
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COC’s Sr Criminal Justice Campaign Director Scott Roberts weighs in on Dallas’s new plan to cut incarceration. It’s “just a start,” he says, but a clear example of how local communities can successfully push prosecutors to take action.
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As part of our “100 Days of Justice” campaign, Color Of Change will host a town hall in St. Louis on April 11, with prosecutor Wesley Bell, on how to transform our criminal justice system.