Explainers

Access to trustworthy news and information can be a matter of life and death right now. Here's what News Voices is doing to uplift community needs.

Right-wing radio and TV hosts are parroting the Trump administration's lies about COVID-19 — violating FCC rules that ban hoaxes on the public airwaves.

Powerful media figures and companies are orchestrating disinformation campaigns and fueling racist narratives at the expense of the public’s health and safety.

This week, the Washington Post released a video that shows how Fox News downplayed the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis. And Fox isn’t the only culprit.

We can’t afford to take a back seat as digital inequities gouge our communities — especially during this public-health emergency.

The coronavirus outbreak is taking a huge toll. Here are five super-quick things you can do to bring some light to the world right now.

News coverage is reinforcing harmful and baseless stereotypes about Asian people and fueling racism, xenophobia — and real-world violence.

There’s an urgent need for reform — especially in light of the Trump administration’s history of targeting activists and journalists who oppose its policies.

Trump’s budget zeroes out all public-media funding over the next two years — which would devastate local NPR and PBS stations.

When the digital divide keeps poor families and people of color offline, who counts?