Demanding Justice in Police Taser Killing of Chinedu Okobi
Color Of Change speaks out after California police repeatedly tased killed Chinedu Okobi, who was unarmed and walking between cars — tragically and needlessly killing him.
Color Of Change speaks out after California police repeatedly tased killed Chinedu Okobi, who was unarmed and walking between cars — tragically and needlessly killing him.
Buzzfeed cites Color Of Change’s research on the political attitudes of young Black voters and how to boost civic engagement among people of color in this article on Black gubernatorial candidates in 2018.
Prompted by the release of “I Admit,” Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, contacted Pitchfork with information regarding its conversations with RCA Records, Kelly’s longtime label.
Microsoft is complicit in profiting from a violent and murderous mass incarceration and deportation scheme. The company must take action in the one way that will make an actual impact, canceling the contract.
These on-video incidents are nothing new. But the audience is. If Black people were believed about these experiences we’ve been having for hundreds of years, we’d have had culture change by now.
A lot of people think of probation and parole as a get out of jail free card, but it’s not,” said Clarise McCants. It’s clear that Mill’s case, especially his recent incarceration, has sparked a larger conversation about the justice system.
Last election season, Philadelphia presented a model that others can follow across the country. Residents and activists demanded answers from candidates for district attorney. They elected a prosecutor who was concerned about protecting individual constitutional rights and helping end grave injustices.
Prosecutors, mayors, legislators and governors across the country are responding to the community-led movement for bail reform and reconsidering the role of money bail in our justice system. We must all add our voices to the call to #EndMoneyBail
District attorneys are elected officials, accountable not to law enforcement, but to us.
The federal government, often in coordination with local police departments across the country, continues to use its expanded authority, dating from the beginning of the “War on Terror,” to demonize and intimidate Black activists.
Thanks to the NCAA’s unfair “amateurism” policy, black student-athletes are essentially unpaid laborers supporting the billion-dollar behemoth that is the NCAA organization.
While momentum for gun control has grown since the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the NRA has continued blocking reforms efforts even in the face of more school shootings. We must go after the NRA’s political clout by …