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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez said that Brendan Carr is overstepping his authority as FCC chairman with these investigations.

McChesney co-founded the advocacy group Free Press and wrote nearly three dozen books on media, democracy and digital rights.

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media-reform movement that lives on.

Free Press called Carr’s merger threats over DEI policies a “new low.”

“Carr’s crusade against so-called DEI programs is a blatant attempt to legitimize discrimination,” said Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron.

His budget would zero out funding for the nonprofit New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.

The firings are a brazen attack on the independence of the FTC.

FCC Chairman Carr has attacked the media, threatening their businesses and attempting to bully them into more favorable coverage of Trump.

Trump's actions imperil the checks and balances undergirding our democracy and undermine key consumer protections.

As tech giants boost their presence in the state, researchers are sounding the alarm about the rise of hate speech on social-media platforms.