Explainers

We deserve a media system that’s open, affordable, democratic and safe for all people. Bold action is necessary to ensure that our media future is one of liberation.

NBCUniversal just revived its “Erase the Hate” campaign. If it really wants to combat hate, it should start by firing a white supremacist in its ranks.

Within the mass media’s reporting on the “rainbow wave” of diverse candidates in the 2018 midterms, the gains of Transgender people are conspicuously missing.

It’s time for policymakers to become changemakers. It’s time for disruption, not the status quo.

Nearly all of the unique comments submitted to the FCC on Net Neutrality opposed the agency’s plan. Now the House needs to step up and restore the open-internet rules.

This deal would hurt low-income communities and people of color, who disproportionately rely on T-Mobile and Sprint for more affordable plans and prepaid services.

Pai has dismissed concerns about the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on 5G deployment — claiming that local governments are the real villains here.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Free Press is pushing the FCC to build truly resilient communications networks on the island that can withstand future storms.

Free Press director Craig Aaron reflects on the legacy of former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps.

Thanks to you — our supporters, allies and more than 1.4 million members — the Free Press story includes a long and impressive list of victories.