Tell Obama: Defund Police Departments That Don't Value Black Lives
Congress and the Obama administration are spending millions of dollars every year giving grants to the same police departments that are killing and over-incarcerating Black people--and it has to stop.
It's past time they use the power they have to hold these police departments accountable. More »
CURRENT CAMPAIGN
Tell Media Outlets: Stop victim-blaming Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
Neither Alton Sterling nor Philando Castile did anything to justify being killed by the police. But that hasn’t stopped national news outlets from criminalizing and dehumanizing these two fathers – explicitly diverting attention away from the actions of the police officers. More »
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RECENT NEWS
Why Policy Alone Isn't Enough To Change Racial Injustice In America
The close of 2015 brought with it decisions from grand jury not to indict anyone in the deaths of Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland, who both died in high-profile police encounters. According to Rashad Robinson, the executive director of the advocacy group Color of Change, the lack of accountability reveals an ugly truth about the fight for racial justice: Policy prescriptions won't be enough to create real change. More »