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Created to study the urban rebellions of 1967, the Kerner Commission revealed in 1968 how racist media played a role. As the Kerner report turns 50, Free Press' Joseph Torres argues that large media companies continue to uphold White supremacy.

The Trump FCC's decision to gut media-ownership rules specifically to aid the Sinclair Broadcast Group has received widespread bipartisan condemnation and an FCC investigation into potential corruption. Critics have charged the $3.9-billion deal would result in Sinclair owning 233 local-TV stations to dominate the media landscape across 73 percent of the country, reducing overall competition and diversity in the media space.

There are multiple fronts of struggle to make Net Neutrality a reality: Congress, the courts, states and communities. This is part of a campaign to create an internet for the 21st century that is fast, reliable and available in all communities.

People of color are disproportionately less likely to have access to the internet than their white counterparts.

Net Neutrality rules have a death day: April 23. That's the day when the ongoing process to repeal the rules begins.

Here's what that means, and what you can expect next.

The FCC plans to publish an order rolling back its Net Neutrality rules in the Federal Register on Feb. 22, a move that will fuel several legal challenges.

Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, said he was at first surprised to see Sinclair plan to sell big-market stations, but now is concerned that Sinclair will maintain a connection to those stations even after a sale.

A federal inspector general has agreed to investigate actions by federal regulators that might benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group in its efforts to buy Tribune Media, according to a top congressman who requested the probe.

Bucking FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, lawmakers across the United States have proposed Net Neutrality laws.