Facebook Hate Speech Protest: A Primer on Lobbying Businesses
In forcing Facebook to face its hate speech problem, women's rights activists drew a blueprint for effectively making companies listen. The key: Go after their advertisers.
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Frozen Bus Passenger Asks Greyhound to End Outdoor Layovers
A Greyhound bus passenger says he and about 10 other passengers were left outdoors in sub-zero temperatures on a long, pre-dawn layover between buses. Now he's petitioning the bus company to end the practice.
Breast Cancer Bra Petition Makes Headway at Victoria's Secret
Allana Maiden's online petition to get Victoria's Secret to make post-mastectomy bras for breast cancer survivors appears to be inching toward success. Will a line of "Survivor" bras soon appear next to Dream Angels and Body by Victoria?
Victoria's Secret Won't Make Bras for Breast Cancer Survivors
A petition on Change.org calling on Victoria's Secret to create a special line of "Survivor" bras for breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomies is going viral.
Target Responds to Backlash Over Thanksgiving Night Opening
Target is pushing back against complaints that its 9 p.m. Thanksgiving opening is ruining the holiday for its employees. It's hardly the only retailer making the move, an online petition singling out Target at Change.org had 228,000 signatures as of Friday morning.
Stay-at-Home Spouses Will Once Again Get the Credit They Deserve
The consumer-friendly CARD Act is saving credit card holders hundreds of millions of dollars and almost as many headaches, but it has some flaws. For example, it made life more difficult for roughly 5 million stay-at-home spouses by making it hard for them to get credit. That's going to change soon.
Stay-At-Home Mom Fights New Credit Card Rule
The Card Act was passed in 2009 to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive credit card practices. But some stay-at-home parents complain that one part of the law has made it harder for them to get credit cards.
Starbucks Lovers Bug Out Over Creepy Frappuccino Ingredient
Strawberry Frappuccinos are a summertime favorite at Starbucks. Too bad word's out that the lovely strawberry color is actually derived from "cochineal extract" -- dried, crushed bug carcasses. Talk about a buzzkill.
Activists Target Trader Joe's Over a Trashy Practice
Lots of people adore Trader Joe's, but it's not always perfect in its corporate citizenship. One failing in particular has the activists at Change.org and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Seifert picking fight with the funky grocer: They're accusing the chain of wasting tons of food.