It’s been nearly two months since Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old, unarmed Black teenager, Mike Brown, and County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch has done everything in his power to avoid holding Wilson accountable, while state Governor Jay Nixon stands idly by. We at the Organization for Black Struggle have been working day and night demanding justice for Mike Brown and so many others who have been unjustly killed as a result of systemic racial bias and violence against black and brown communities. Black lives matter, and we can’t let Wilson get away with murder! And now, reports have surfaced that a jury member has broken the grand jury secrecy rules by tweeting that there is not enough evidence to arrest Wilson.(1) Public discussion of confidential jury proceedings is serious misconduct, and now it's up to Governor Nixon to show that justice is possible in Missouri. He must get rid of McCulloch for his disgraceful and corrupt handling of this national tragedy. McCulloch could have charged Wilson immediately, but chose to convene a grand jury instead. He then refused to recommend charges to the grand jury, a move that discourages jurors from indicting.(2) In 23 years as County Prosecutor, McCulloch has not prosecuted a single police shooting.(3) Given this shameful history of denied justice, it’s clear that McCulloch is incapable of securing justice for Mike Brown. The world is watching, and the one person with the power to do something is Governor Nixon, who has a responsibility to the Black voters that supported him. It’s time for him to act. Join us in demanding that Governor Nixon remove McCulloch from this train wreck of a case, and appoint a special prosecutor to take over. Since Brown’s death, we’ve been out on the streets facing Ferguson’s militarized police as we peacefully demand justice for Mike Brown. Time and again, local officials have shown us that Black lives don’t matter. We refuse to accept that message. An indictment could happen by October 15, so we must act now to change the story here in Ferguson. Governor Nixon has been given enough time to intervene and restore integrity and justice in the case against Officer Wilson. Help us create enough widespread public pressure to ensure that Governor Nixon appoints a special prosecutor by October 15. We demand Justice! P.S. Join OBS, ColorOfChange.org, and thousands of others standing shoulder to shoulder in Ferguson, Missouri for a Weekend of Resistance Oct. 10-13: http://fergusonoctober.com References 1. “Grand jury considering the Ferguson shooting is being investigated for misconduct,” Washington Post 10-01-2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/10/01/grand-jury-hearing-ferguson-shooting-is-being-investigated-for-misconduct/ 2. “Ferguson tragedy becoming a farce,” Washington Post 09-12-2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-ferguson-tragedy-becoming-a-farce/2014/09/12/e52226ca-3a82-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html 3. See reference 2.

It's a crisis. The city of Detroit has unjustly shut off the water of thousands of low-income Black and brown Detroit residents, threatening their health, safety, and livelihood. And matters are only set to get worse.(1) Residents who owe as little as $33 are having their water shut off with no warning. Seniors, the sick and injured, and families with special needs are left without running water and working toilets. People recovering from surgery cannot wash and change bandages. Children cannot bathe and parents cannot cook. And while the people suffer, the corporations are protected. The city of Detroit provides water at wholesale price to the wealthy suburbs; however city residents pay retail price for the water they receive. The city of Detroit provides water at wholesale price to the wealthy suburbs; however city residents pay retail price for the water they receive. Palmer Park Golf Course owes $422,000 the VA Hospitial $131,000, yet they continue to have water.(2) As well, Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr gave Gov. Snyder a pass on the Michigan's $4.5 million unpaid water bill of by reducing the state's debt to $113,000. Only $19,000 has been paid to date. Entire families and their livelihoods are on the line. If parents cannot afford to restore water service within 60 days they are at risk of having Social Services remove their children from the home.(3) If water bills remain unpaid a lien can be placed on the home and the home can be sold. (4) This must stop NOW! The plan to cut off water to 150,000 households by the end of the summer is part of efforts sell off and privatize Detroit’s water system for corporate profits.(5) In order to make the utility attractive to investors, lower-income households are being forced to pay exorbitant rates for their water and sewer services, or see their access cut. Water rates have risen in Detroit by 119% in the last decade.(6) With unemployment rates at a record high, and the poverty rate at about 40%, Detroit water bills are unaffordable to a massive portion of the community. (7) Hundreds of thousands of low-income Black families are at risk. The city's water shut offs are in line with decades of racially discriminatory policies targeting Black and brown Detroiters, which have resulted in unjust home seizures, the separation of children from their parents, and the creation of serious health risks to entire neighborhoods.(8) By allowing thousands of people to be denied access to water and sanitation services, the U.S. government is violating the United Nations resolution codifying the human right to water and sanitation. Show your solidarity with the people in Detroit and join Progressive Democrats for America, National Nurses United, NetRoots attendees, and local Detroit activists for a rally at Hart Plaza at 1pm on Friday, July 18th where we will make send our message loud and clear to Gov. Synder and Emergency Manager Orr. References: 1. "We the People of Detroit," Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wethepeopleofdetroit/posts/764130140275688 2. "Detroit Water Shutoffs," Politics Progressive 07-11-2014 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/svs/2014/07/11/detroit-water-shutoffs 3. See reference 1. 4. "Detroit's Water War: a tap shut-off that could impact 300,000 people," The Guardian 06-24-2014 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2014/jun/25/detroits-water-war-a-tap-shut-off-that-could-impact-300000-people 5. "Important Tax Lien Information," Detroit Water and Sewage Department http://www.dwsd.org/pages_n/billpay.html 6. "What Happens When Detroit Shuts Off the Water of 100,000 People," The Atlantic 07-17-2014 http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/07/what-happens-when-detroit-shuts-off-the-water-of-100000-people/374548/ 7. See reference 3. 8. See reference 5. 9. See reference 3. 10."Against Austerity in Detroit: 'Water Is a Human Right'" The Nation 07-11-2014 http://www.thenation.com/blog/180625/against-austerity-detroit-water-human-right#

It's not ok to go after black people (especially black males) and minorities simply because they make a mistake and accuse them of stealing. 

We must do all that we can to save Los Angeles from one of the most brazen, brutal, and corrupt police chiefs in the City's history.  Angelenos never wanted McDonnell in the first place; that's why we voted him out as sheriff. Just over a year into his tenure as police chief, he's proven to be even worse than we anticipated. 48 people were shot by police in his first year on the job (a 70% increase from the year prior), and 2026 is set to outpace that number. The Chief is using LAPD to protect ICE in their murderous and gestapo-like tactics.  He is bankrupting the city with massive lawsuit payouts and more money for a corrupt department.  Now is the time for the people to demand the removal of LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.  Our City and the lives of our people are at stake.

Why it’s important: Student mental health directly affects academic success and retention. Many students at LASC struggle with stress, anxiety, and depression, but limited counseling hours make it difficult to get help when needed. Why others should join: When more students support this cause, we can show LASC leadership that mental health resources are a shared priority. Together, we can help create a campus where every student feels supported and has access to the help they need to succeed.

The "Hands Off My Body. Eyes Off My Data" campaign is about protecting both our reproductive rights and our right to privacy. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, millions of women have lost critical access to healthcare and now face the added threat of being tracked, monitored, and prosecuted through their own personal data. Period-tracking apps, location services, and online searches can be used as evidence against women simply for making choices about their own bodies. This is not just a women’s issue it is a human rights issue that impacts everyone who values freedom, dignity, and autonomy. By joining our campaign, you are standing up for safe, accessible reproductive healthcare and strong protections for personal data. Together, we can push lawmakers to restore federal abortion rights and create ironclad privacy laws that keep our most personal information safe. Your voice matters and when we speak together, change becomes possible! 

What happens next to Brittany Martin, particularly at this critical juncture in this political climate is indicative of how the criminal legal system will continue to move as a literal fascist sits in the White House. Will South Carolina continue to punish and try to silence a Black mother for declaring her love and fighting for the freedom of  her people? Or will they drop the charges and let her get back to the life she fought so hard for and allow her to live in the freedom and peace we all deserve? We demand an end to the harassment and that all charges against Brittany Martin be immediately dropped. 

They should join me because it’s important that regardless of your skin color, you should not have healthy food restricted from you.

Governor Abbet recently was previous to read a letter from the governor in 1940 stating the property that a question was indeed, my great great grandfather land, but it has been sold, and I need your help to recover our property if any monies from the sale of the lumber that was on our land Mineral rights to our land where all companies in Wales indeed are libra visors so the town water supply and I need your help in doing so really I have Ayres my relatives have ass which should’ve been the three sisters who have passed away and didn’t enjoy it and I want that one send that one day on the property because it was not allowed back there so as a voting, Citizen of Texas which I am proud to be please stand up and show some compassion and help me and my family and I have his back. Thank you.

Black people are continuously seen and treated as subhuman and second-class citizens around the world, sometimes just visually because our skin is darker, no matter our mannerisms. By many we are assumed to be less or lower, and to some seen as dumb as a race, only athletic, especially if we are not in line with what is considered to be mainstream America thought. Start at 12 minutes in. https://youtu.be/DReL722fzHo?t=720 To reach people who are insulted & appalled by Rachel’s bold comments and respect education and the brilliance of Black people. In addition, the issue of white supremacy Rachel was disputing was backed by facts! Her opinion was false, flawed & incorrect! (That’s why Fox calls itself Entertainment Only and not News when their backs are against the wall in court for false reporting. ) The timing of her comments are also particularly an insult to the 4 children & 4 adults killed directly because of admitted White Supremacy last week!

You need to know that our America of justice system is turning from a sweet land of liberty to a land of soar grapes. Did you know there are 60,000 people held in United States solitary confinement according to Equal Justice Initative. Our system really needs fixing due to there are too many innocent men fading and taken away to prisons. According to Innocent Projects 200 plus have been taken away from families (now exonerated from prison). I would like to speak to you about a story of a young man and his mother. One night a mother received a terrifying phone call from her son. No one knew where he was for three days. The mother was seeking his whereabouts. Finally, she heard from him with sounds of tears. He told her that he had been interrogated for hours. He has been in prison for 23 years and forgotten by the system. The system did not complete the process to the federal court (habeas corpus). The system has kidnapped this young man whom is innocent. Also, there was another young man on the news last month, he received 400 years in prison (exonerated). Remember President Biden declared a second chance to those serving extreme sentencing in our federal prisons, not just for drug laws but for those who are innocent and shows no danger to society. Let's come together to petition wrongfully convicted prisoners (our sons and daughters) and long consecutive sentences. Let's go to the hill for our sons and daughters. They have served enough time - more than 25 years. Let's get these cases back in the courts to be reviewed and to our legislators to appeal the cases. Let them come back to their families to vote and to serve in the community. The United States has incarcerated more people than any other country in the world and more people are serving life sentencings according to Given Compass Network. This is inhumane and this must stop. Enough is Enough! I believe that our voters want Freedom, Safety, Dignity, Equality and True Justice, thanks to Congresswoman Ayanna Pressly for these principles. The people need leaders and legislators who really care. We need a voice. Please just listen. Let's Vote!

This is an important cause because the death of Black mothers cripples the family unit and harms the child's quality of life. Mothers are essential to the nurturing and raising of the next generation and without them there's a void that will be hard to fill. Life matters and if we have the means and resources then these deaths are truly in vain. If you have a mom or lost a mom your voice needs to be heard concerning this matter.