Petitions

yellow sign of amazon in black text
catherine lizette gonzalez  Jul 17, 2018 3:59PM EDT

Activists Demand Amazon Stop Selling White Supremacist Merchandise

The actions come on the heels of a report released this month that says the Seattle-based company’s “inadequate and poorly enforced policies” have made the sale of these items on its website possible.
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Kenrya Rankin  Jul 18, 2016 4:00PM EDT

White House Responds to Petition to Declare Black Lives Matter a Hate Group: Nah

“We shouldn’t get too caught up in this notion that somehow people who are asking for fair treatment are somehow, automatically, anti-police, are trying to only look out for Black lives as opposed to others.”
Qimmah Saafir  Mar 20, 2015 12:43PM EDT

Fans Are "So Appalled" by Kanye Headlining Glastonbury Festival

Some 60,000 people say no to a Yeezus performing at the massive festival in London because of his rudeness.
Aura Bogado  Aug 26, 2014 12:49PM EDT

Leaders Petition Obama on Racial Biases in Policing

They’re asking for a federal czar to oversee massive changes
Jorge Rivas  Nov 28, 2012 4:39PM EST

Petition Calls Out NYT Art Critic for Racist and Sexist Framing

A petition is demanding the New York Times “acknowledge and address” a Times art critic’s recent reviews that have compared women and black artists to white male artists, “only to find them lacking.”