Digital Inclusion

Rural Broadband Lag Persists by NTIA, National Telecommunications and Information Agency A new report by NTIA details ongoing disparities between rural and urban residents in access to high-speed broadband.

Open Internet Proposal Gets 24% Support From Verizon Shareholders This represents a three-fold increase in support from a similar action filed last year, which garnered 7.9% of shareholder votes in favor of a net neutrality proposal.

Susan Crawford in SF on May 14th Former White House Advisor and law professor Susan Crawford speaks on her new book Captive Audience: Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age. 2:00pm on May 14th at the CPUC Auditorium 505 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco.

Hold Big Media Accountable

Daniel Ellsberg at Restore The Fourth - San Francisco August 7th, 2013 Famed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg was one of the featured speakers at the August 4th anti-spying protest.

Strange Bedfellows: Bush Security Apparatus Letter to Congress August 5th, 2013 This letter, signed by a who's who of Bush-era military politicos was sent to Congress before the Amash/Conyers vote.

FCC Votes on 8/9 to Cap Interstate Prison Phone Call Rates to .25/minute by Gregg McDonald, Fairfax Times August 5th, 2013 Update: On August 9th, the FCC voted (2-1) to cap interstate prison phone rates to .25 minute.

Media Ownership

Cell Phone Unlocking by Derek Khanna, The Hill Cell Phone unlocking is another issue that unites leftwingers with some libertarian sectors. In addition to the civil liberties issues, cell phone unlocking has real benefits for low-income communities to have access to higher-grade devices.

Low-Power Window: It's Really October 15th June 20th, 2013 The FCC announced the official filing window for low-power radio stations as October 15-29, 2013.

SMCCD Board Liquidates KCSM-TV by Tracy Rosenberg, Media Alliance May 18th, 2013 On Wednesday May 15th, three San Mateo Community College board trustees approved an unseen contract with Locuspoint Networks, a 99%-owned subsidiary of hedge firm The Blackstone Group, to liquidate the 48-year-old noncommercial TV station KCSM in a spectrum auction.

Press Freedom and Media Workers

Senator Feinstein On "Real Journalism" at Senate Judiciary Shield Law Hearings by Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams August 5th, 2013 CA Senator Dianne Feinstein advocated for citizen journalists to be exempted from a federal shield law during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing.

Tim Redmond Sacked from Bay Guardian After 30 Years June 15th, 2013 After 30 years as the voice of progressive San Francisco, new Bay Guardian owners have sacked the editor of the publication.

86 Organizations Petition Congress to Enact Patriot Act Reform to Counter Unconstitutional Surveillance June 11th, 2013 86 organizations petitioned Congress this morning to reform Section 215 of the Patriot Act, hold hearings immediately on the sweeping surveillance program revealed by NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden and UK Guardian reporters Gleen Greenwald and Ewan Mcaskill, and hold accountable those found responsible for overreaching the 4th amendment of the United States constitution.

Raising Our Voices

Digital Literacy Curriculum Curriculum from 2009-2010 Raising Our Voices Workshops

In Memory of My Son This film was created by Consuelo Sopelario as a part of the 2008 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Thanks to Eloise Lee, Renee Geesler, Tiny Grey-Garcia, Jess Clarke, R.J Lozada, Dorothy Kidd, Erika Myszynski, Karl Jagbanhandsingh, Taizet Hernandez and many others.

A Socially Responsible DTV Transition This film was created by students at Centro de Raza's Youth Law Academy in the Spring of 2009 as a part of the 2008-09 Raising Our Voices Training Program coordinated by Media Alliance and sited at the East Side Arts Alliance in Oakland. Thanks to Eloise Lee, Renee Geesler, Tiny Grey-Garcia, Jess Clarke, R.J Lozada, Dorothy Kidd, Erika Myszynski, Karl Jagbanhandsingh, Taizet Hernandez and many others.