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Republic of Gilead? Or Republic of Texas? That Is the Question

Elected officials in Texas today are reckless, careless, anti-freedom offenders. They're also largely unchecked by the opposition party. Thankfully, corporations are able to use their power and money to provide a counterbalance of sorts. For instance, starting this week people with no training whatsoever can stroll around the Lone Star State armed, loaded, and ready to fire. But not when they're buying groceries at …

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SXSW 2022 Now In Danger of Being ‘Canceled’

The lizard brains who occupy power in the Texas legislature are denying basic rights and freedoms to American citizens. It's another key victory in their Culture War, which they've been fighting for how long now? Definitely since the 1960s. With the state legislature's latest move to restrict access to abortions after six weeks, people who care about human rights are understandably angry. Women are justifiably …

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Airbnb Steps Up To Help Afghan Refugees Find A Safe Place to Stay

Airbnb and Airbnb.org will provide temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees worldwide. The company's CEO, Brian Chesky, announced the move yesterday on Twitter. The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. We feel a responsibility to step up. — Brian Chesky (@bchesky) August 24, 2021 Last week, Airbnb.org also gave …

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Walgreens Is Doing Its Part—And Then Some—To Save Lives

Did you know that approximately 78 percent of the U.S. population lives within five miles of a Walgreens? The company operates approximately 9,021 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Walgreens interacts with approximately 8 million customers in its stores and online each day. This is a company with reach, and the brand is using its reach to …

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When You Join the British Army, A Soldier Is A Soldier

The British Army's new #ASoldierIsASoldier recruitment campaign makes it clear to women that they'll receive equal pay, equal treatment in the field, and the same chances to advance as men have. Addressing aging stereotypes head-on, the advert at the campaign's heart cuts to ridiculous concepts of female-adapted Army equipment such as “beach body rations” and a rifle with an “easy-pull trigger for smaller hands”, …

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Dear Highly Acclaimed Copywriter, Bre Fern Is Going To Outwork You

ShoutLA conducted an interview with Bre Fernandez, senior copywriter at BBDO NY and co-founder of BreakingAD—an Instagram account that helps introduce creative people to the ad agency business. During the interview, she opens up about her childhood and how it shaped who she is today: Can you open up a bit about your work and career? I’m a political refugee. My parents and I fled Cuba’s tyrannical chokehold …

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The Ad Business Has A Problem with Boys Clubs, a.k.a. Creep Rings

The ad business is a Boys Club of the highest order. Zoe Scaman, a strategist, recently reaffirmed this fact and set the Interwebs on fire with her front-line reporting of the abuse she endured while working in agencies not her own. Her narrative is both raw and ugly as can be. Painful though it is, I encourage you to click over and read it. I tell you these stories not to be sensationalist and not to seek out …

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Cricket Wireless Marches to the Beat

Generations of wealth inequality for African Americans have left historically black colleges and universities with smaller endowments. Consequently, the 107 HBCUs rely on tuition from a high percentage of low-income students for revenue. There's a wide economic gap here that needs to be filled. There's also an opportunity for brands to step up. In honor of Black Music Month, Cricket Wireless and independent …

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New ‘Fight for Home’ Campaign Spotlights Injustices Caused by the UK’s Housing Emergency

New research from UK-based housing charity Shelter shows that 1 in 3 in Britain (34%) - some 17.5m people - are impacted by the housing emergency. To combat the crises, the advocacy group launched a new campaign, ‘Fight For Home’, created by Who Wot Why, which shows the unfiltered truths lurking behind the national housing emergency. https://youtu.be/t7isMrqcbYI The ‘Fight for Home’ campaign was directed by …

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Brands Can Do This, And We Can All Do This (Until It’s Done)

Big brands are doing good deeds and making the local nightly news as a result. For instance, McDonald's is in the news for putting messages on its paper cups to help educate and motivate people to get vaccinated. “We all want to protect ourselves and our loved ones and be together with our communities again,” said Genna Gent, McDonald’s USA vice president for global public policy and government …

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