Twin Cities Community Radio releases five podcasts for World Radio Day
Podcasts preview Twin Cities Community Radio's vision for community-led and community-produced radio
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Turn Up the Volume on Social Justice In New Mexico
In the fall of 2013 community groups and non profit organizations will have an opportunity to apply for thousands of new non-commercial FM radio licenses! These "Low Power" FM licenses will be available in both rural and urban communities.
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Prison Phone Justice Advocates Tell Commissioner Clyburn: The Time is Now
On Friday February 1st, 60 people attended a public hearing on prison telephone rates in New York City co-hosted by Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice. Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was a special guest speaker and marked the first time an FCC Commissioner was present at a public hearing regarding the high cost of prison telephone calls. Over 10 people testified, ranging from impacted families, ministers, advocates and civil rights leaders.
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Tell the FCC the Time is Now: Fair Phone Rates for Families
The past year has been major for the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice and for families fighting to cap the high cost of prison phone calls (most recently, the Campaign even received an award for its work!). It's been a long journey to get us to this point, but the fight is far from over. Keep reading to find out how you can help win fair for rates for families once and for all. A Quick Look Back: In March of 2003, the Wright Petition was submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Mrs. Martha Wright and other families of prisoners in an effort to set affordable rates for long distance phone calls from prison. It sat with the FCC for nearly a decade until this past year when the Campaign alongside other national organizations began pressuring the FCC to act on the Wright Petition before it’s ten year anniversary in March 2013.
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Sabrina Roach: MLK Day and Media Justice in Seattle
In Seattle, many of us gather every year at Garfield High School in the Central District (CD) for our community's largest tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The MLK Seattle Celebration Committee, organizes workshops to open the day, followed by a rally, march and Ezell's Fried Chicken lunch back at Garfield. The Committee reports that 5,000 people came out to the celebration and 2,000 marched.
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Joseph Torres: FCC Chairman’s Legacy: Ignoring Diversity
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to allow greater media consolidation in local markets could wipe out many of the remaining TV station owners of color left in the country.
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Christopher Mitchell: The FCC Chief Is Awesome at His Job if You Own a Big Cable Company
In a recent column, Chairman Genachowski explains why the U.S. Needs 'Gigabit Communities.' He's right, but refuses to do anything meaningful to get us there. It starts off with an accurate observation... Walking the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show last week, I kept thinking of that line from Jaws, "You're going to need a bigger boat." All the Internet-connected, data-hungry gadgets that are coming to market sent a strikingly clear message: we're going to need faster broadband networks.
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Remembering Aaron Swartz
By Josh Levy This weekend, the Internet lost one of its biggest champions. Aaron Swartz, age 26, died on Friday. The cause was suicide. The loss to his friends, colleagues, fellow activists and the Internet at large is enormous.
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MAG-Net Members Rock Spotlight: Southwest Workers Union
Anchoring our Southwest Region, Southwest Workers’ Union (SWU) is an organization of low-income workers and families, community residents, and youth, united in one organizational struggle for worker rights, environmental justice and community empowerment.
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Guide for the National Day of Action, Tuesday, Dec. 4th: Call the FCC to Stop Media Consolidation
BACKGROUND The Federal Communications Commission could vote at any time in the next two weeks to drastically relax media ownership rules and make it easier for corporations to further consolidate media in our communities. It would drastically cut down on the number of TV and radio stations owned by women and people of color. With people of color owning only 5% of TV stations and 8% of radio stations we can't afford policies that further weaken our ability to own and shape our own media.