This piece featured at Truthout by Brian Dolinar features the work of MAG-Net anchors Generation Justice, Voices for Racial Justice, and Urbana-Chamaign Independent Media Center in bringing the voices of children with incarcerated parents before the FCC in its recent regulation of the prison phone industry. Earlier in October, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Read more
This is it! MAG-Net Member, the Media Mobilizing Project and our friends in Philly have their last chance in 15 years to make Comcast pay its fair share in Philly – and respect the hometown consumers who have made it one of the most profitable companies in America. – and respect the hometown consumers who Read more
This is an was originally posted on Phillymag.com and is from guest writers Hannah Sassaman and Gretjen Clausing. Thousands of Philadelphians live their lives online. Coordinating with coworkers. Connecting with family. Pursuing education. Searching for affordable healthcare. Maybe reading this blog, getting the information we need to make our city better. But Philly has the highest Read more
Check out this study done by Common Sense Media, on young people’s use of media and technology in the U.S. According to the report, they researched young people ages 8 to 18, and looked at their level of enjoyment, frequency of use, and amount of time devoted to a wide array of media activities and Read more
October 21 2015Electronic monitoring is touted as a potential solution to the problem of mass incarceration. Not only would it decrease prison and jail populations, but it’s also cheaper on a per-person basis, saving states money, and would put individuals back in their communities and with their families. But a new report cautions against the Read more
Join the Media Action Grassroots Network for our amazing victory! Tomorrow, October 22nd, 2015 the Federal Communications Commission will vote for the comprehensive reform of a broken prison and jail telephone industry. The FCC is voting to cap the rates for all calls from prison, jails and detention centers; ban most fees; and pave the Read more
We are on the verge of an amazing victory. This Thursday, October 22, the Federal Communications Commission will vote for the comprehensive reform of a broken prison and jail telephone industry. The FCC is voting to cap the rates for all calls from prison, jails and detention centers; ban most fees; and pave the way Read more
The following letter was sent Senator Cory Booker and 14 Senators lauding the FCC for capping prison phone charges. Signers are Booker, Sanders, Leahy, Durbin, Blumenthal, Markey, Casey, Heinrich, Brown, Franken, Coons, Whitehouse, Wyden, Menendez, and Peters. Download the letter or read below. October 15, 2015 The Honorable Thomas Wheeler Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 Read more
This article is reposted with permission from Equal Future and was written by Logan Koepke Yesterday, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit breathed new life into a lawsuit that challenges the New York Police Department (NYPD)’s dragnet surveillance of Muslim communities after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Whatever may happen in court, Read more
This blog is reposed from the Voices for Racial Justice website and written by their Youth Organizing Director, Gabriella Anaïs Deal-Márquez. This summer, Voices for Racial Justice conducted our first ever organizing training for youth. The Youth Cultural Organizing Training (YCOT) embedded cultural strategy into an organizing intensive with an explicit race lens for 10 Read more