Channel Guides: How Alternative Options Get Hidden From TV Viewers by Democracy Now A discussion on Democracy Now of channel guides in TV cable systems and how they can make alternative TV programs really, really hard to find. And .. Your Privacy On-Line: Why Should You Care? by Active Voice/NAMAC What's the cost of the so-called "free" services we use online every day? What do you gain and what do you give up when you accept the Terms and .. Community Broadband All Over The Place This short video from the Open Technology Institute features community broadband projects: Brooklyn, Detroit, and Dharmasala. Helen Thomas Speaking at Media Alliance's 30th Anniversary The recently-deceased maverick reporter was a questioner of presidents for generations. Emil Guillermo: Racism, the old fashioned kind vs the new kind by Emil Gullermo Emil Guillermo writes in the Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund on a Kazakh kid in Kentucky and the Asiana plane crash. FCC Hearing on Prison Phone Rates by FCC Hearing on Interstate Calling Rates It's definitely on the long side, but we wanted to archive the historic FCC hearing on interstate calls from prisons - 11 years after Martha Wright .. The Machine That Eats Freedom by Oliver Stone A video statement by filmmaker Oliver Stone on the surveillance state, sponsored by the ACLU. A Light Moment: Unfairness is Universal by Frans De Waals This delightful video shows Capuchin monkeys reacting to unfairness and inequity when one gets compensated with cucumber bits for doing a task and .. Scandalous Privatization of Noncommercial TV Spectrum by Ellen Goodman Ellen Goodman writes about KCSM-TV for the Rutgers University Institute for Information Policy and Law Verizon. Overcharging. Again. by Harry Cole Even when we win, we don't win. A DC law firm is claiming the 2010 Verizon consent decree, much celebrated as a sterling example of the FCC's .. Read More Daniel Ellsberg at Restore The Fourth - San Francisco Famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg was one of the featured speakers at the August 4th anti-spying ... more FCC Votes on 8/9 to Cap Interstate Prison Phone Call Rates to .25/minute Update: On August 9th, the FCC voted (2-1) to cap interstate prison phone rates to .25 minute. more Senator Feinstein On "Real Journalism" at Senate Judiciary Shield Law Hearings CA Senator Dianne Feinstein advocated for citizen journalists to be exempted from a federal shield ... more Strange Bedfellows: Bush Security Apparatus Letter to Congress This letter, signed by a who's who of Bush-era military politicos was sent to Congress before the ... more Cell Phone Unlocking Cell Phone unlocking is another issue that unites leftwingers with some libertarian sectors. In ... more The Funeral Begins for Wireline Phones: Verizon Abandons Fire Island Update 8/5: If you want to send a note to the FCC to turn down Verizon's petition, you can do so ... more Low-Power Window: It's Really October 15th The FCC announced the official filing window for low-power radio stations as October 15-29, 2013. more Tim Redmond Sacked from Bay Guardian After 30 Years After 30 years as the voice of progressive San Francisco, new Bay Guardian owners have sacked the ... more 86 Organizations Petition Congress to Enact Patriot Act Reform to Counter Unconstitutional Surveillance 86 organizations petitioned Congress this morning to reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act, hold ... more The Constitution? Fuggedaboutit. Guardian Breaks Multiple Stories on Widespread Warrantless Surveillance Glenn Greenwald and Ewan Mcaskill break huge stories about NSA surveillance of American phone calls ... more More Campaign News   Press Freedom and Media Workers Media Ownership Hold Big Media Accountable Digital Inclusion Find a Media Job Post a Job Find a Freelancer Take a Class Links Backgrounders & Toolkits MediaFile Articles 7/19:  Classes will resume soon after a little break. Happy Summer! 8/13:  Screening: Black Girls Code 8/14:  Proposal Writing Bootcamp 8/14:  Social Media To Get Measurable Results 8/15:  Climate Corps Bay Area 8/15:  Bay Area's Booming Housing Market: What's at Stake for Ethnic Communities?

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