James Rucker is executive director of ColorOfChange.org. Founded in the wake of Katrina, ColorOfChange.org is the leading online citizen lobby for African-Americans and their allies. Formerly, Rucker was director of grassroots mobilization at MoveOn.org.

Blog Entries by James Rucker

Glenn Beck Supporters Caught Lying, Forced to Backpedal

1 Comments | Posted December 10, 2009 | 05:52 PM (EST)


After ColorOfChange.org took on Glenn Beck for his race-baiting and fear-mongering, Beck's supporters fought back using lies, distortions, and more race-baiting to defend him. DefendGlenn.com was the worst, mounting a campaign to scare advertisers into staying on his show.

After we threatened them with a lawsuit,...

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Ministers confront Glenn Beck outside his Christmas stage show (Video & Photos)

6 Comments | Posted December 4, 2009 | 11:44 AM (EST)




Rev. Tillard speaks out against Glenn Beck

Last night, Glenn Beck performed "The Christmas Sweater" -- a stage play that was broadcast live in theaters across the country -- inside NYU's Skirball Center. As...

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Murdoch dodges the question, again: does he think Obama is a racist? (VIDEO)

2 Comments | Posted December 2, 2009 | 11:25 AM (EST)


A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch said that Glenn Beck was right when he called Obama a racist, and since then he has been dodging questions about what exactly he meant. Through one of his staff, Murdoch issued a brief statement saying that he doesn't believe Obama is...

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Harlem Gospel Choir Says No To Glenn Beck

12 Comments | Posted December 1, 2009 | 12:58 PM (EST)


The Harlem Gospel Choir just cancelled their performance as part of Glenn Beck's The Christmas Sweater, a live performance that's scheduled to be broadcast in movie theaters across the country this Thursday.

The Harlem Gospel Choir has backed out of a holiday performance with controversial conservative talk-show host...

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Does Murdoch Agree With Glenn Beck or Not?

11 Comments | Posted November 11, 2009 | 06:54 AM (EST)


Rupert Murdoch is now trying to backpedal after saying in an interview with Sky News that Glenn Beck was right when he called President Obama a "racist." Now that he's been called out and the spotlight is squarely on him, Murdoch says he doesn't agree with Beck, but he...

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An Open Letter to Rupert Murdoch: What Exactly Do You Mean?

91 Comments | Posted November 10, 2009 | 10:17 AM (EST)


Dear Mr. Murdoch:

On July 28th, Glenn Beck said that President Obama has a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture," and went on to call him a "racist." These statements were indefensible, angering and offending not only Black Americans, but Americans of every color. They led more...

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19 More Advertisers Ditch Glenn Beck

1078 Comments | Posted October 6, 2009 | 02:00 PM (EST)


Great news today in our campaign against Glenn Beck. We're announcing that nineteen more of Beck's advertisers have stopped supporting his show. That number includes two British companies who just announced that they've pulled their ads from the U.K. broadcast of Beck's show after hearing from customers.

Two...

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Glenn Beck Has Lost over 50% of His Ad Dollars

1035 Comments | Posted September 14, 2009 | 03:58 PM (EST)


Our campaign to hold Glenn Beck accountable for his race-baiting and fear-mongering has been a great success, with 62 advertisers making it clear that they don't want their brands linked to Beck's vile rhetoric. Up until now, however, there's been a question of what the real consequences are for...

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A Line in the Sand Against Beck

207 Comments | Posted September 10, 2009 | 02:54 PM (EST)


Watching the Glenn Beck show this past month, one might have assumed that Van Jones had assaulted Beck, insulted his wife, and stolen his kids' lunch money. Beck devoted time on a whopping 16 shows to crafting a distorted, despicable portrait of Van that few who know him would recognize....

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Eleven More Companies Ditch Glenn Beck

704 Comments | Posted September 2, 2009 | 05:44 PM (EST)


Great news today -- 11 more sponsors have distanced themselves from Glenn Beck's television program, bringing the total to 57.

Eleven new companies whose ads were recently seen during Beck's program--Binder & Binder, Capital One, The Dannon Company, Discover, HSBC, ICAN Benefit Group Insurance, Infiniti, Jelmar (manufacturer...

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Ten more companies say 'no' to Glenn Beck

64 Comments | Posted August 27, 2009 | 05:07 PM (EST)


Today we're announcing that ten more companies have made sure their ads won't run on Glenn Beck's program:

Adding to an increasing list of companies distancing themselves from Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck, ten new companies whose ads were recently seen during Beck's program--Applebee's, Bank of America, Bell...

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Verizon, Lowe's, Johnson & Johnson, 13 more drop Glenn Beck

145 Comments | Posted August 24, 2009 | 02:21 PM (EST)


Our campaign calling on Glenn Beck's advertisers to stop supporting his show continues to pick up steam. Today we're announcing that sixteen more companies have pledged not to run their ads on Beck's show:

The new companies distancing themselves from Beck include Airware Inc. (makers of Brez...

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Walmart, CVS, Best Buy Ditch Glenn Beck (Plus Five More Companies)

1076 Comments | Posted August 17, 2009 | 04:35 PM (EST)


Cross-posted at Jack and Jill Politics, Firedoglake, and Daily Kos.

Big news today. We've confirmed that eight more major advertisers have pulled their support from Glenn Beck's show -- Wal-Mart, Best Buy, CVS, Travelocity, Allergan (maker of Restasis), Ally Bank, Broadview Security, and Re-Bath.

Overall, twenty advertisers...

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Healthy Choice, Radio Shack, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis pull ads from Glenn Beck

88 Comments | Posted August 13, 2009 | 04:29 PM (EST)


UPDATE: The New York Times covers our campaign.

More great news today in our campaign calling on Glenn Beck's advertisers to pull their support from his show. With more than 125,000 people now having signed our petition to Beck's advertisers, four more major companies have pulled their...

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GEICO Pulls Its Ads from Glenn Beck Show

3898 Comments | Posted August 11, 2009 | 02:36 PM (EST)


UPDATE #2: The New York Times covers our campaign.

UPDATE 08-13-09: Today we announced that four more major companies -- ConAgra (maker of Healthy Choice products), Roche, Sanofi-Aventis, and RadioShack -- have agreed to pull their ads from Glenn Beck's show. Our post on that news is here....

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Glenn Beck's advertisers are backing away -- help us increase the pressure

156 Comments | Posted August 6, 2009 | 04:24 PM (EST)


Cross-posted at Jack and Jill Politics, Firedoglake, and DailyKos.

Last week, after Glenn Beck called President Obama a "racist" who has a "deep-seated hatred for white people," we asked ColorOfChange members to call on Beck's advertisers to pull their funding from his show. More than 50,000...

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Justice for Oscar Grant? It's up to Jerry Brown

Posted January 13, 2009 | 02:33 PM (EST)


On New Year's Eve, Oscar Grant was executed by a transit police officer in Oakland, California. He was shot in the back while face-down on a subway platform, unarmed and posing no threat.

Twelve days later--despite several videos showing what happened--the officer who killed Grant hasn't been arrested,...

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"Reform," Bobby Jindal Style

Posted December 17, 2008 | 11:55 AM (EST)


We may be on the brink of inaugurating a Black president, but the miscarriage of justice unfolding in Louisiana with the case of the Angola 3 tells a different story about race, power and accountability in our criminal justice system. At the top of the food chain is self-styled reformer...

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Battling Modern Day Jim Crow: the "Jena Six"; How Online Media and Activism Are Making a Critical Difference

Posted August 3, 2007 | 12:55 PM (EST)


On Tuesday, more than 300 people from across the country descended on the small town of Jena, Louisiana to protest the racially tinged prosecution of the "Jena Six" -- six black students who are facing attempted murder charges for their alleged roles in a schoolyard fight. The first has...

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Kucinich Undermines Black Voices, Supports Fox

Posted May 30, 2007 | 06:46 PM (EST)


Dennis Kucinich has demonstrated that he, like Reps Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Kilpatrick, is out of touch with Black America. I've just lost a lot of respect for him -- because I can't believe it's simply a matter of being misinformed. At every level it looks like he's using race-baiting...

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