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In response to the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, ColorOfChange is asking President Obama and Attorney General Holder to arrest and prosecute him. Sign the petition.
Actions are happening around the country today. Here is a compilation. Please check with your local community organizer for details – there is likely an event in your area even if it’s not listed on this website.
Here is Rashad Robinson’s (Executive Director of ColorOfChange) reaction in the Daily News.
OTHER NEWS
A primer on the Democracy Alliance. Vox offers a look into some facts about the Democracy Alliance – an organization of donors working to advance a progressive agenda. Vox
New York is DNC finalist. New York City is one of three finalist cities to host the Democratic National Convention in 2016. New York Times
Soon, text your campaign contributions. The New York City Campaign Finance Board has heard testimony and will soon issue rules allowing campaigns to accept donations via text message. Gotham Gazette
Defense Secretary resigns. “Aides said Mr. Obama made the decision to remove his defense secretary on Friday after weeks of rising tension over a variety of issues, including what administration officials said were Mr. Hagel’s delays in transferring detainees from the military prison in Guantánamo Bay and a dispute with Susan E. Rice, the national security adviser, over Syria policy.” New York Times
OPINION PAGES
WAMC commentary by Blair Horner – Some facts about legislator pay, and a list of reforms that Albany needs.
Daily News column by Harry Siegel – On the Rose/WFP prosecution: “…but if this is what he has five years after Rose’s election, he seems more like the latest knifeman aiming to kill the party through a thousand cuts than a minister of justice. The scandal here is what the special prosecutor is choosing to treat as a crime.”
INSIDE BASEBALL
Despite pledge, Carlucci will stay with IDC. Earlier this year, Sen. David Carlucci pledged to local Democrats that he would conference with Democrats regardless of election outcomes. But he is now staying with the IDC. Capital New York
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