Posted on June 9, 2016
CREDO boosts Walmart workers’ activism at company’s shareholder meeting
Last week, as company executives and the Walton family convened for Walmart’s annual shareholders meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas, workers with OUR Walmart gathered to take actions and deliver more than 200,000 petition signatures to these decision-makers, calling on …
Posted on May 27, 2016
The power of ordinary Americans
I admire CREDO and its members for their desire for accountability against entrenched power. Your work serves as a great example of making manifest the American values of fair play and success through hard work. You have fought …
Posted on May 27, 2016
How to beat Trump’s hate
At CREDO we believe that when we witness racism, xenophobia, or any other form of bigotry we have an obligation to fight back. That is why we are doing everything we can to stand up to Donald Trump’s …
Posted on May 26, 2016
WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren vs. a small, insecure money-grubber
News broke last week that Donald Trump responded to the prospect of the economic collapse of 2007 by saying: I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy. If there is …
Posted on May 10, 2016
Victory: Gov. Deal vetoes “campus carry” in Georgia
Great news. Last week, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed Georgia’s campus carry bill, HB 859, responding to the pressure of 2,649 CREDO members who signed our petition, and 118 who made calls directly to the governor demanding that …
Posted on May 5, 2016
Must-read book: Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics
Fighting for progressive change, we are bombarded with a litany of lies. Think about the last decade: climate denial, death panels, the myth of voter fraud, the lie that more guns make us safer, to name a few. …
Posted on May 4, 2016
WATCH: Why is Google sponsoring Trump’s hate?
Google just announced that its YouTube division will be the official livestream provider of the Donald Trump-led Republican convention, despite massive pressure from activists demanding the company stand up for its alleged values of diversity and inclusion in …
Posted on April 30, 2016
Dear Google: Don’t be evil. Dump Donald Trump.
On Thursday, the CREDO Action team joined Bay Area activists and our friends at ColorOfChange, UltraViolet, Bend the Arc, Center for Media Justice, Daily Kos, Courage Campaign, Free Press Action Fund and SumOfUs to deliver 500,000 petition signatures …
Posted on April 20, 2016
#PanamaPapers: How CREDO is fighting back against secretive “shell” corporations
The secret world of tax evasion by the world’s super-rich elite was recently blown wide open with an explosive media leak being called the “Panama Papers.” More than 11 million documents from the secretive Panamanian law firm Mossack …
