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Asian students protesting alleged racism from African-American students
They told police why they refuse to go back to South Philadelphia high school. Investigators say 30 Asian-American students at South Philadelphia High were assaulted last week by a group of African...
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Black caucus boycotts vote, gets $6 billion
By boycotting a key House committee vote last week and threatening to abandon support for banking regulations, members of the Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation...
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Dem rep: Boycott my state and its racist immigration bill
From TPM Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has a message for people and organizations looking for a place to spend money: Don’t come to my state. At least not until Arizona disavows its “fundamentally racist”...
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DC Council resolution compares Ariz. law to slavery-era practices
From Tim Craig, The Washington Post: The D.C. Council waded into the fight over illegal immigration today, as all 13 members sponsored a bill forbidding the police chief from sharing arrest data with...
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Kanye West urges artists to boycott Arizona
From contactmusic.com Kanye West has urged his fellow musicians to boycott Arizona over the U.S. state’s controversial new immigration legislation – calling on artists to follow in the footsteps of...
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LA county boycotts Ariz. over immigration law
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County on Tuesday became the latest government body to boycott Arizona to protest the state’s tough new law targeting illegal immigration. After a heated debate, the...
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The pros and cons of a BP boycott
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the greatest environmental disaster our nation has ever faced—virtually no one is willing to debate that at this point. From the fishermen and business owners whose...
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No end to NAACP boycott for SC Civil War events
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A black South Carolina lawmaker hopes the NAACP will end its tourism boycott of the state as the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaches. The Post and Courier of...
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Rosa Parks' political journey didn't begin on the bus
Fifty-five years ago, the boycott of segregated public buses in Montgomery, Alabama began, spurred by Rosa Parks’s refusal to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus. Her defiance of Jim Crow...
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White supremacists wage war on Marvel over 'Thor'
The ridiculousness of a Midwestern-based hate group boycotting the upcoming film adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Thor can only be properly dissected by showing that very hate group how insane and...
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Lil' Wayne's love of light-skinned women leads to black-lash
Lil’ Wayne’s back in the hot seat. The lyrics from his new single “Right Above” have pissed off some of his fans, a few of whom are vowing to boycott the artist. In the song Lil’ Wayne rhymes...
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Local NAACP urges boycott of Charlotte over MLK school day
From: The Charlotte Observer At a Martin Luther King Jr. Day protest over school policies, the head of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP Monday announced a campaign to urge the CIAA basketball tournament...
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Lawmaker wants boycott of Limbaugh advertisers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California lawmaker is calling for a boycott of companies that advertise on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show after the conservative commentator refused to apologize for mocking China’s...
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Fantasia boycotted grammys over Aretha Franklin tribute snub
From: Hollywood Reporter NEW YORK — After 11 nominations, R&B singer Fantasia finally won a Grammy on Sundayfor best female vocal performance, but the American Idol winner was not in attendance to...
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NAACP wants to honor Kid Rock, faces boycott
DETROIT — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants to honor Kid Rock at its annual Freedom Fund dinner at Cobo Conference and Exhibition Center in Detroit. The NAACP said it...
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US to boycott world racism conference at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will boycott a world conference against racism being held at U.N. headquarters in September because of concerns about anti-Semitism. The...
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Coalition announces boycott of CBS over Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of musicians that has protested the Recording Academy’s decision to drop 31 categories from the Grammy Awards is stepping up the pressure, calling for a boycott of the...
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BoycottKim.com: Site seeks to end Kim Kardashian's career
A comprehensive effort to remove Kim Kardashian from popular culture has been launched. BoycottKim.com is a new site with the stated goal of boycotting products sold and marketed by the Kim Kardashian...
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Should black women boycott Nicki Minaj?
There is a video floating around the internet of a man calling for a boycott of Nicki Minaj, mainly because of her alleged disparaging lyrics and the potential effect it may have on black women and...
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Toys 'R' Us threatened with boycott over interracial gay marriage Archie comic
Toys ‘R’ Us is being threatened by a group who want the retailer to rid its stores of the latest issue of the famous Archie Comic books. In the latest Archie comic, Kevin Keller, an openly gay...
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