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Progressive groups say Alvaro Bedoya will be an ally in fighting surveillance abuses and corporate concentration.

This report explores narrative organizing in Philadelphia around policing and public safety in the wake of the 2020 racial-justice protests.

It’s the first proposed federal intervention for the local-news industry to gain traction in more than 50 years. But does it address deep inequities in local journalism?

The United States continues its mediocre showing in most broadband metrics due to limited competition and terrible government policy.

Free Press is calling on the agency to conduct a racial-equity impact assessment that examines the FCC’s history of anti-Black policies.

The Hoh Tribe consists of 28 homes along a strip of road on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Getting online here has been a constant struggle.

The huge Senate infrastructure package allocates billions of dollars for expanding affordable internet access, raising the question of who should get that money.

Free Press’ comments note that runaway consolidation and discriminatory policymaking have left far too few Black and Brown people in control of U.S. media outlets.

As Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans, the city’s 911 emergency-calling service, served by AT&T, stopped working.

Free Press urges the FCC to investigate major disruptions of communications services and develop policies to strengthen our nation’s communications networks.