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Dan Froomkin

ALEC's Strategy Shift May Yet Bring Corporate Gains

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, ColorOfChange.Org, Video, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, United Republic, Trayvon Martin, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The capitulation by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to a grassroots campaign denouncing its positions on gun laws and v...

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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
Mark Engler

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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Anna Staver

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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Dan Froomkin

Move To Shame Corprations Funding Right-Wing Social Agenda Notches 2 Victories

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Video, ColorOfChange.Org, Stand Your Ground, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Pepsi, Trayvon Martin, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Succumbing to pressure from public interest groups, Coca Cola and Pepsico have severed their ties to the American Legislative Exchange C...

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The Trayvon Martin Tragedy: Pop Culture Plays a Role

Rashad Robinson | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: ColorOfChange.Org, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin Hoodie, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin Tragedy, Trayvon Martin Killing, Media News
Rashad Robinson

Movies routinely portray the American black experience as poor, violent and terrifying. When black men appear in the news, the stories are almost completely restricted to sports or crime coverage. Our society views young black men as inevitable criminals.

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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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Michael Calderone

Will Pat Buchanan Return To MSNBC After Book Tour?

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: The Backstory, Pat Buchanan, ColorOfChange.Org, Pat Buchanan MSNBC, Video, Adl, Al Sharpton, Anti-Defamation League, Rachel Maddow, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck Gbtv, Lou Dobbs, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Fox Business Network, Martin Bashir, Media News

NEW YORK -- Pat Buchanan, the longtime conservative pundit, has been making the TV rounds in recent weeks promoting his latest book, "Suicide of a Sup...

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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
Rashad Robinson

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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Troy Davis Is Dead; the Movement Continues

Rashad Robinson | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Georgia, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, ColorOfChange.Org, Race, Troy Davis, Politics News
Rashad Robinson

Before he died, Troy told us that this was about more than him -- and he called on those of us who have fought against his execution to continue fighting for justice, even if we weren't successful in saving his life.

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Will Arkansas Officials Support Black Student Achievement?

Rashad Robinson | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Teenage Pregnancy, Education, ColorOfChange.Org, Tracking, Civil Rights, Education News
Rashad Robinson

Kymberly Wimberly was forced to share a "co-valedictorian" designation with a lower achieving White student. This after a staffer worried aloud that having her in that role would cause "a big mess."

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Tell Fox: Fire Eric Bolling

Rashad Robinson | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Fox News, ColorOfChange.Org, Eric Bolling, Roger Ailes, Race, Fox Business Network, Media News
Rashad Robinson

Commentators at Fox News and Fox Business have long stoked the racial anxieties that some segment of their viewers surely harbor. The latest incarnation is Eric Bolling.

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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
James Rucker

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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Accountability: Who Else Will Go the Way of Congressman Bobby Rush?

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telecommunications, Colorofchange, Bobby Rush, ColorOfChange.Org, Petition, Net Neutrality, Politics News
James Rucker

No member of Congress is beyond reproach. Every member of Congress should be open scrutiny of their record, and every member should be judged by his or her record. It's critical to an effective democracy.

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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
James Rucker

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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A Key, Unknown Player in Civil Rights Groups' Attack on the Open Internet

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ColorOfChange.Org, Fcc, Civil Rights Groups, Net Neutrality, Technology News
James Rucker

For over a year, several of the most prominent civil rights groups have been aligned with AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast -- whether knowingly or not -- in those companies' efforts to end net neutrality. But they have not acted alone.

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Congressman Rush Avoids the Real Issue

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ColorOfChange.Org, Bobby Rush, Net Neutrality, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
James Rucker

Last Thursday I wrote a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, asking that she not endorse Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) in his effort to become Rankin...

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

David Honig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Net Neutrality, Colorofchange, Politics, Bobby Rush, ColorOfChange.Org, Broadband, Open Internet, Federal Communications Commission, Broadband Adoption, Rush, James Rucker, Communications, Broadband Access, Color of Change, House Communications Technology and the Internet Subcommittee, House Communications Subcommittee, House of Representatives Communications Subcommittee, House Cti Subcommittee, Politics News
David Honig

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
James Rucker

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
James Rucker

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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Help Turn Off Fox

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, ColorOfChange.Org, Media News
James Rucker

Have you ever looked up at the television at a local business -- your gym, an auto shop, a bar or restaurant -- only to find Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly shouting down at you? It's time to turn them off.

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Google, Verizon, and You

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Open Internet, Fcc, ColorOfChange.Org, James Rucker, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Verizon, Net Neutrality, Google, Technology News
James Rucker

There was a time not long ago when it was easy to believe that Google was a different kind of company -- one that considered the public good as well as the bottom line in making decisions. My, how a week changes things.

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Tell President Obama to Reinstate Shirley Sherrod

James Rucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorofchange, Andrew Breitbart, ColorOfChange.Org, President Obama, Tom Vilsack, Shirley Sherrod, Petition, Action, Politics News
James Rucker

This morning, we launched a petition calling President Obama to reinstate Shirley Sherrod at the USDA, and to stop caving to right-wing smear campaign...

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Birth of a Notion

Tom Burrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ColorOfChange.Org, Brainwashing, Eric Holder Attorney General, Cnn, Fox News, Race, Barack Obama, Naacp, Politics News
Tom Burrell

As a strong defender of the 1st Amendment, suggestions of censorship make me somewhat uneasy. In this light, the call from ColorOfChange.org to use social media as a new media vs. old style, race-baiting media retaliatory tool makes perfect sense.

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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
James Rucker

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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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
James Rucker

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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