In response to reports that Russian hackers used Facebook and Instagram to encourage Black voters to skip the 2016 election or to sabotage their own vote, the NAACP has asked its allies to #logoutfacebook for a week.
The power of consumers coming together has shown enough of a motivating force to sway corporate decisions, but the nonprofit sector maintains its position as the key value-driven industry.
Artists often represent a first step toward gentrification in struggling urban neighborhoods. But it’s unusual for a community to speak out so aggressively against an arts group that has offered much to local residents.
Turns out the corporate NRA boycotts did carry some short-term risk—for Delta, at least, as the Georgia legislature took vengeance in the form of a cool $50 million.
The NRA buys politicians with contributions from its most dedicated members, not from the consumer breaks it provides its broader membership, so how much will this boycott actually affect the NRA’s behavior? It will be interesting to watch.
Disney quickly walks back its decision to keep L.A. Times critics from attending film premieres based on a disagreement with its reporting.
If we were to pick one tactic that stands as a sign of these times in terms of resistance, it might be the boycott. It behooves us all to understand how they work.
Corporations have to be called into service for boycotts less and less often; they are volunteering—enthusiastically in some cases—as an increasingly familiar aspect of the new CSR.
Advertisers have begun tentatively pulling ads from Bill O’Reilly’s television program as news of its host’s alleged predatory behavior towards women becomes public. At the same time, Trump rolls back protections for women in the workplace.
The North Carolina Legislature is trying to retain its relationship with the NCAA by passing a faux “repeal” of the bathroom bill, but the loud and unanimous opposition of advocates is likely to carry a lot of weight with current boycotters.
