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Members of the activist group Color of Change are questioning Ferguson, Missouri police’s reasoning for seizing a rolling billboard truck criticizing Gov. Jay Nixon (D) during a protest Wednesday night. Missouri law enforcement continues to try to violate our first amendment …
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Activists who mobilized after the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown said Wednesday they have collected 200,000 signatures backing their demand that federal agencies address a nationwide trend of police violence with major reforms including the collection and …
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Since the tragic police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, we have heard time and time again that his brutal death unearthed the pain of old wounds. But those wounds are anything but old. In Ferguson, Mo., and across the country, systemic …
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A boy‰ŰŞs elbow is broken. Meals are infested with maggots. Children are left isolated in bare cells for 14 hours, locked in facilities that have the highest sexual abuse rates in the nation. This is how the Florida Department of Juvenile …
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In a groundbreaking move, three major corporations have announced the divestment of a combined total of nearly $60,000,000 from Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group (GEO), confirmed after ColorOfChange.org urged company executives to reconsider the financial, moral, and political …
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Big data is revolutionizing commerce and government for the better, but it is also supercharging the potential for discrimination. Protecting civil rights in this new environment requires a thoughtful update to our nation‰ŰŞs policies on privacy and data. The White House …
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“ColorOfChange.org commends fight promoter Damon Feldman for making the right decision and canceling the ‘celebrity’ boxing match he had planned to take place between George Zimmerman and rapper DMX on March 15th. It is appalling that Zimmerman would ever be considered …
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We extend our sincerest congratulations to LaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones on being hired as writers for Saturday Night Live. Tookes and Jones will hopefully add a depth and freshness of perspective to SNL’s writers‰ŰŞ room, fostering the creative environment necessary …
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Right now, we have a rare and critical opportunity to massively expand Black radio ownership in this country and at the same time bring the work of our best community organizations to a whole new level. For the very first …
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On this Fourth of July, we want to take a moment to reflect on why our constitutional protection against unreasonable searches is so critically important ‰ŰÓ to our physical safety as well as to our basic ability to communicate freely and …
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ColorOfChange and our community partners have launched copwatchnyc.org ‰ŰÓ an innovative new tool that makes it easier to track and publicize police misconduct and unprofessional behavior in our neighborhoods.
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Making history last week, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act is retroactive meaning that thousands of individuals currently imprisoned under the discriminatory 100:1 crack/powder cocaine disparity may apply for sentence reduction. In …