VEO Fights To Keep Homeless Veterans Off The Street & On A Path To...
Americans slap “Support our Troops” bumper stickers onto their cars without question, but often ignore the outstretched cup in the hands of the homeless man ... The post VEO Fights To Keep Homeless...
View ArticleNOBEL Women Address The State of Black Women & Mobilize Next Generation of...
Last week, Black women legislators from across the country have descended on the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in the Mississippi Gulf Coast for NOBEL ... The post NOBEL Women Address The State of...
View ArticleNorth Carolina NAACP and Others Challenge State’s Voter Suppression Law in...
On Monday a legal team began arguments in a federal hearing to stop the worst effects of H.B. 589, North Carolina’s restrictive voting law on ... The post North Carolina NAACP and Others Challenge...
View ArticleNew Report Looks at Voters of Color in the Black Belt 50 Years After Freedom...
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a project that brought together more than 1,000 volunteers to register African American voters in Mississippi ... The post New Report Looks at...
View Article5 Things You Should Know About Sens. Booker & Paul’s REDEEM Act Legislation
Last week, two freshman U.S. Senators in opposite political parties announced a bill that could change the recidivism rates in the country. The REDEEM Act ... The post 5 Things You Should Know About...
View ArticleBlack & Brown People Vote Campaign Aims to Get One Million People of Color to...
On the heels of the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a new campaign is in the works to get one million people of color out ... The post Black & Brown People Vote Campaign Aims to Get One Million...
View ArticleThe Cost We Pay For America’s Prison System
“[T]he prison-industrial complex reminds us that we live with the ghost of slavery. Punishment was used in the aftermath of slavery in order to re-institute ... The post The Cost We Pay For America’s...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Shirley Chisholm Influences Today’s Black Women in Politics
Over the past 42 years, the political climate has changed obviously, not only are we in our second term of our first Black President and ... The post The Legacy of Shirley Chisholm Influences Today’s...
View ArticleYouth Civil Rights Organizers Launch #KnowYourPower Campaign to Encourage...
Last week, a coalition of young racial justice organizers from across the country launched a public education campaign designed to reshape how Millennials think about ... The post Youth Civil Rights...
View Article13 Civil & Human Rights Orgs Call For Action To Stop Police Abuse
In the wake of the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson, MO Police Officer Darren Wilson, 13 national civil and human rights organizations have ... The post 13 Civil & Human Rights Orgs...
View ArticleLet My People VOTE Campaign Aims To Engage 1 Million Black, Latino & Faith...
Not long after Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO, a group of clergy a part of the PICO ... The post Let My People VOTE Campaign Aims To Engage 1...
View Article10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class
The Census Bureau released its annual income, poverty, and health insurance report, revealing that four years into the economic recovery, there has been some progress ... The post 10 Solutions to Cut...
View ArticlePres. Obama Announces My Brother’s Keeper Expansion at CBCF’s Annual Dinner
During President Barack Obama’s speech at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards dinner at their Annual Legislative Conference, he announced My Brother’s Keeper “Community ... The...
View ArticleVictory: Federal Judge Strikes Texas’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law
In a significant ruling yesterday, federal district court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck down as racially discriminatory Texas’s photo ID law, Senate Bill 14 (SB ... The post Victory: Federal Judge...
View ArticleCivil Rights Groups Using Smartphone App To Reach Young Voters
As the electorate continues to rely on and use technology in order to engage in the electoral process, a group of civil rights organizations have ... The post Civil Rights Groups Using Smartphone App...
View Article5 Reasons Why You Should Vote In The Midterm Election On Nov. 4
It’s 13 days until midterm elections and there have been enough stories on expected poor midterm turnout that you might think it really doesn’t matter ... The post 5 Reasons Why You Should Vote In The...
View ArticleShowing Their Strength: Women of Color An Undeniable Force Among American Voters
With Election Day upon us, politicians, political analysts and pundits alike are laser focused on a perennial election question: What will women and people of ... The post Showing Their Strength: Women...
View ArticleCourageous, Peaceful Protesters Urge Shift in Policing Practices
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), an influential association of 23,000 police chiefs, recently held their convention in Orlando, FL. Advancement Project was ... The post...
View ArticleWhy Every State Should Support Medicaid Expansion
At 29 years-old, Rashid Fullah of Arlington, VA is very focused on his undergraduate studies at George Mason University but he faces an even bigger ... The post Why Every State Should Support Medicaid...
View ArticleYoung People Are the Living Experts in Racial Inequality and Should Be the...
On November 13 a multi-racial, intergenerational gathering for racial justice advocates convened at the 2014 Facing Race conference in Dallas, Texas. In the anti-Imperial ballroom, ... The post Young...
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