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Media & Culture
National

Opinion Cutting Off Access to Money Has Been a Weapon Against Civil Rights Movements

October 10, 2026

The danger is plain: an administration can weaken an organization by accusing it, while financial gatekeepers impose consequences that no court has ordered. The sponsors need not share the administration’s politics for their decisions to serve its purposes.

For organizations caught in that process, the bills arrive long before a verdict. Staff need paychecks. Meeting spaces need rent. Families need someone to answer the phone. Years of organizing can unravel when funding disappears. Other groups get the message: challenging power could cost you the resources to keep going.

A democracy cannot afford a funding system that penalizes organizations for confronting the powerful.

Media & Culture
National

Converse apologizes for sneaker ad after critics say it uses racist imagery

September 22, 2026

“It’s a strategy in an attention economy. We have the sense that these images move so many different gateways before they get in front of the public, so it’s hard to imagine nobody flagged what feels so abundantly apparent,” Nadine Smith, CEO of Color of Change, a racial justice organization, told CBS News.

Digital Safety
National

Nadine Smith – AI and Policy Change – Evening WURDs 9.16.26 by WURD Radio

September 16, 2026

Nadine Smith is the President and CEO of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. She joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs live at the Congressional Black Caucus to discuss how Color of Change is driving policy change, the future of AI, and her participation in this year’s CBC Annual Legislation Conference.

Media & Culture
National

Target Apologizes and Drops Halloween Costume Criticized as Racist

August 25, 2026

Nadine Smith, the president of Color Of Change, an activist group focusing on racial justice, said the decision had led to “corporate blindness” at Target that allowed a product featuring racist stereotypes to make it through the supply chain.

“Somewhere along that chain, people either did not recognize the racism, did not feel empowered to name it, or were not heard” […] “Target cannot treat Black voices as expendable in its decision-making and still expect Black dollars at the checkout.”

Emergent
National

Nadine Smith on 20 years of Color of Change

August 22, 2026

Nadine Smith has spent three decades winning civil rights battles in hostile political environments. As President and CEO of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, she is marking its 20th anniversary and discussing why she sees racial justice, gender equity and LGBTQ+ liberation as one fight.

Justice System
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Emergent
National

How Fear, Racism, and Surveillance Keep Americans Divided | The Revolution with Nadine Smith

August 20, 2026

Nadine Smith, President and CEO of Color Of Change, joins Maya and Michael for a wide-ranging conversation about voting rights, systemic racism, economic inequality, manufactured culture wars, government surveillance, and the grassroots resistance offering real reasons for hope.

They explore how attacks originally aimed at Black communities can ultimately harm working people everywhere—and how fear, scapegoating, and online outrage distract Americans from rising costs, weakened rights, and concentrated corporate power.

The conversation also examines Florida as a testing ground for national policies, the fight over school boards and vouchers, Flock surveillance cameras, corporate accountability, and the everyday choices people can make to create meaningful change.

Learn more and get involved with Color Of Change:
https://colorofchange.org/

Voter Freedom
National

Group Mobilizing Voters to Stop Congressional Funding for Trump’s Plan to Subvert Midterm Election

July 30, 2026

Amanda Hollowell discusses her group’s campaign opposing congressional approval for $10 billion to implement key sections of President Trump’s “Save America Act,” designed to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote, primarily targeting communities of color. Although the House approved the $10 billion which is part of a $95 billion reconciliation package, the measure must first be approved by the U.S. Senate in order to be implemented.

Justice System
Emergent
National
South

Here’s why Nolan Wells’ death is more than just a mystery

July 25, 2026

“There are two stories unfolding here. One is the mystery of what happened to him and the other is that it has surfaced in the American consciousness, especially among Black Americans, some familiar anxieties,” Smith said. “It is really a story of the unhealed history and lived pattern recognition in Black America.”