The FCC is tackling the thorny issue of cable program carriage. On December’s open meeting agenda: the complaint process for programmers and wholesale unbundling. And with 40 percent of all U.S. homes still not connected to high-speed Internet, millions of young people are left with few opportunities to succeed in school and beyond.

Everyday Americans will participate in crafting policy for open, fast and affordable broadband at the first in a series of “Internet for Everyone” town hall meetings. And the New Mexico Literacy Project is breaking new ground as it helps craft state legislation to bring media literacy training to every high school.

The InternetforEveryone.org Initiative was launched this week to raise public awareness about America’s digital divide and renew the call for a fast, open and affordable Internet as a basic right. And Youth Rights Media premiered their latest documentary, No Haven, in New Haven, Connecticut.