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Conviction of Black Mayor Overturned by U.S. Court of Appeals in Case Closely Watched by Civil Rights Activists

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Trial, Racism, Louisiana, Prison, Civil Rights, Color of Change, Voting Rights, Crime News

In a 2-1 ruling today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeal reversed the conviction of former Waterproof mayor Bobby Higginbotham, and vacated his sente...

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NRA Becomes Toxic When Exposed to Light

Daniel Gross | Posted 04.23.2012

When exposed to the light, the NRA's agenda becomes toxic. And Americans want nothing to do with those who conspire to bring about the gun lobby's dangerous "guns everywhere" vision they saw played out that February night in Sanford, Florida.

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Time for Kochs to Resign from ALEC

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 04.17.2012

Charles and David Koch appear to be pushing their right-wing ideology to the bitter end. And it's time for Americans to stop helping them. The Koch b...

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ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My Heart

Mark Engler | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Voter ID, Right to Work, Stand Your Ground, ColorOfChange.Org, Color of Change, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Politics News

It is always a pleasure to see a worthy target of activism move from disregard or mockery to going on the attack.

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McDonald's Responds To Campaign Against It

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Staver | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Colorofchange, ColorOfChange.Org, Alec, McDonald's, American Legislative Executive Council, Alec Mcdonalds, Color of Change, Mcdonalds, Politics News

Under pressure from a progressive campaign to abandon the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), McDonald's is insisting that it left the contr...

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Good Guys Win One: With ALEC, Things Go Better Without Coke

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Color of Change, Voter Rights, Alec, Wal-Mart Alec, Coca-Cola Alec, Wal-Mart, Coca Cola Voting Rights, Color of Change Alec, Color of Change Coca Cola, Politics News

Heads up, Wal-Mart. Know who does a lot of shopping in your stores? People who have been victimized by ALEC policies: Poor people, minorities, and people who are working more and earning less.

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Honor Trayvon: Call on Corporations To Quit ALEC, Backer of 'Stand Your Ground' Law

David_Halperin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Stand Your Ground, Van Jones, Alec, Color of Change, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Trayvon Martin, American Legislative Exchange Council, Politics News

Many people believe that the large amounts of money that ALEC pours into state legislation hurt ordinary Americans on economic issues like workers rights, health, consumer protection, and the environment.

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Can The Black Church Swing The 2012 Election With New Voters?

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Voter i.d. Laws, Bv-Sunday, Voter Outreach, Bv-Politics, Empowerment Movement, Black Church, Black Clergy, Black Churches, Voter Suppression, Color of Change, Jamal Bryant, Black Voices News

The battle over voter I.D. laws -- which critics say disenfranchise the poor, the elderly and citizens of color -- has been fought in state houses, co...

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Liberal Donor Network Dumps Progressive Organizations

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Democracy-Alliance, Video, Koch Brothers, The Advancement Project, Media Matters, Crew, Fox News, Center for Progressive Leadership, The Democracy Alliance, Robert Greenwald, Third Way, Color of Change, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democracy Alliance, a private network of major progressive and Democratic donors, has dropped a number of prominent organizations, a...

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Progressive Groups Demand Obama Launch Investigation Into Housing Crisis

Simon McCormack | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Moveon, Video, ColorOfChange.Org, Obama Wall Street, Moveon Obama Wall Street, Obama Wall Street Investigations, Move On, Color of Change, Business News

With big banks inching closer to a settlement over allegedly improper foreclosures -- one that critics call too lenient -- progressive groups are call...

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White Supremacists Show Support for MSNBC's Pat Buchanan

Rashad Robinson | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Pat Buchanan, ColorOfChange.Org, Msnbc, MSNBC Ratings, Color of Change, Media News

White nationalists see Buchanan as a mainstream champion of their beliefs. Their goal? Make sure he maintains his position on MSNBC so that divisive, racially inflammatory ideas continue to circulate.

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Victory! ColorOfChange Campaign Helps Drive Beck Off of Fox News

James Rucker | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Fox News, Glenn Beck, ColorOfChange.Org, Colorofchange, Color of Change, Race-Baiting, Media News

Beck's lack of advertisers made him a financial liability for Fox, and it's clear that this was a driving factor in his departure from Fox. This is an incredible and unprecedented victory.

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Make No Mistake, Color of Change Does Not Represent Black Interests

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bobby Rush, Color of Change, 112th Congress, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Energy and Commerce Committee, African American Media, James Rucker, Ditigal Divide, Device Divide, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Naacp, Silicon Valley, Politics News

The Internet advocacy organization Color of Change is not as focused on the needs and interests of African Americans and communities of color as they ...

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Rush Address at Minority Telecom Council's 2011 Broadband and Social Justice Summit

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Henry Sampson, Dr. Shirley Jackson, Julia Johnson, Henry Rivera, Congressional Black Caucus, Minority Business, 2011 Broadband and Social Justice Summit, Ranking Member Henry Waxman, 100 Black Men, God, David Honig, Ranking Member, Michael Jordan, Bobby Rush, Kobe Bryant, Color of Change, Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop, Energy and Commerce Committee, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Mmtc, Minority Media Ownership, Energy and Power Subcommittee, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council, Naacp, LeBron James, Politics News

In terms of the media, communications and technology industries, minority businesses and entrepreneurs risk falling even farther behind their white counterparts. If we don't take aggressive measures we'll continue to fall behind.

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A Key Victory for Net Neutrality

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anna Eshoo, ColorOfChange.Org, Bobby Rush, Color of Change, Net Neutrality, Technology News

While the White House and FCC sold us out on net neutrality, yesterday produced an important victory in the fight for an open internet. Congressman Bobby Rush was denied the position after ColorOfChange members opposed his candidacy.

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An Open Letter to James Rucker

Navarrow Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadband, James Rucker, Net Neutrality, Color of Change, Digital Divide, Fcc, Technology News

The FCC has spent significant time hearing from a wide range of interested parties and it has diligently worked to develop a plan that takes all of those points of reference into account.

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Civility -- and Why Bobby Rush Should Be the Ranking Communications Subcommittee Member

David Honig | Posted 05.25.2011

Congressman Bobby Rush has supported five of the six Open Internet principles, but he's quite properly concerned about the FCC's proposed economic non-discrimination principle on jobs.

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It's Time to Be Bold: Democrats and Black America

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Crack, ColorOfChange.Org, Disparity in Drug Sentencing, Color of Change, Midterm Elections, Criminal Justice, African-Americans, Jobs, President Barack Obama, Foreclosures, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Black Unemployment, Politics News

In the eyes of black Americans, Democrats have not fought hard enough to truly distinguish themselves from Republicans on issues like criminal justice reform and unemployment.

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Victory -- ABC News Drops Andrew Breitbart

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorofchange, Andrew Breitbart, Credo, Credo Action, ColorOfChange.Org, Breitbart, Petition, Action, Color of Change, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Media News

ABC News just announced that they've rescinded their invitation for Andrew Breitbart to be part of their election night coverage. The network had already said Breitbart won't be appearing on the air; now they've told him he's not welcome to appear online either.

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Eight Ways to Confront Extremism on 9/11

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, 9/11, Islamic Extremists, Fox News, Hate Speech, Right Wing, YES! Magazine, 9/11 Families, Religious Tolerance, Color of Change, September 11th, Quran Burning, Religion News

Who benefits when a pastor in a small town in Florida threatens to burn the Quran? Or when a proposal to build a Muslim cultural center in Manhattan e...

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Help Expose and Confront Tea Party Racism

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, ColorOfChange.Org, Racism, Color of Change, Petition, Action, Mark Williams, Naacp, Politics News

Earlier this week, the NAACP formally called on the Tea Party to address the racism that has been a significant, persistent part of their movement. T...

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Third Way Blind: Will the FCC's Regulatory Agenda Deliver Us to Our Broadband Future?

Navarrow Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Broadband, Free Press, Fcc, National Broadband Plan, Title II, Third Way, Net Neutrality, FCC Net Neutrality, Color of Change, Digital Divide, Technology News

If the FCC was willing to keep an open institutional mind, it could see far enough beyond its regulatory agenda to address the digital problem of our generation.

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Censoring Glenn Beck: Doesn't the Left Believe in Free Speech Anymore?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Beck Boycott, Glenn Beck, Van Jones, Color of Change, Free Speech, Media News

If you really believe in free speech, you will defend the Glenn Becks of this world -- whether or not they're spouting so-called hate speech. In the end, it's still speech that deserves protection.

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Demand the GOP Stop Inciting and Supporting Hate

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, ColorOfChange.Org, Homophobia, Racism, Colorofchange, Color of Change, Petition, Bigotry, Action, Republican Party, Threats, Racist Slurs, Politics News

The hateful acts that occurred at the tea party rally in Washington this weekend were not isolated incidents -- they are part of a growing pattern of violent rhetoric, racially charged imagery, and paranoid conspiracy theories emerging from the Republican party's grassroots supporters.

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Accountability Recruits First Candidate for 2010: Bill Halter

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Color of Change, Steelworkers, Arkansas, Dfa, Bill Halter, Accountability Now, Moveon, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Seiu, Blogpac, Politics News

Some will try to paint our push for candidates like Bill Halter as a "purge" of "moderates" from the Democratic party. It's not. Blanche Lincoln is a radical corporatist. That's not the "center" of anything.

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