• AT&T Merger Threatens Our Ability to Stay Connected

    September 14, 2011

    When Hurricane Irene approached my home in Massachusetts, and my family’s on the coast of Connecticut, I received a powerful reminder of how much we rely on our cellphones and the Internet. We used both tools to track the storm and prepare ourselves for a worst-case scenario, which luckily didn't come to pass.

  • Vote for Media Reform!

    August 25, 2011

    Do you believe in fighting mega media mergers?

    Do you want to battle bad media?

    Do you organize using your cellphone?

    Are you interested in the future of journalism?

    Then click the links below to give Free Press media reformers a “thumbs up.”

  • Vote for Media Reform!

    August 25, 2011

    Do you believe in fighting mega media mergers?

    Do you want to battle bad media?

    Do you organize using your cellphone?

    Are you interested in the future of journalism?

    Then click the links below to give Free Press media reformers a “thumbs up.”

  • Boston Tells Congress: It’s Time to Investigate News Corp.

    August 8, 2011

    Dozens of media reform activists gathered at the Massachusetts state house to take a stand against mega-media companies like News. Corp. and call for an investigation and Congressional hearings into whether News Corp.’s criminal behavior has spread from Britain to the United States. The rally was organized by the new grassroots advocacy organization, the Boston Media Reform Network.

    Wielding signs with slogans like “Media for the people, not for profit,” we talked with passersby, held signs up at the busy intersection of Beacon and Park Streets outside the state house, rallied around speeches, and walked the sidewalks outside of the Boston Fox TV station, WFXT-25.

  • Women Tell FCC to Keep Internet Open

    January 14, 2010

    More than a dozen women’s organizations have signed a letter this week urging the FCC to support a strong Net Neutrality rule, and other signatories are still streaming in.

  • Net Neutrality And Why It Is Important To Women

    January 7, 2010

    Right now in Washington, D.C., policymakers are debating new rules that will shape the future of the Internet, and they need to hear from women.

    We have just a week left to tell the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC, the government agency for media) that the Internet is important to women and that we support Net Neutrality.

  • Net Neutrality: What Women Really Want

    October 30, 2009

    Net Neutrality is a women’s issue – and some of the country’s leading feminist groups are speaking out.

  • The Internet is a feminist issue

    July 6, 2009

    Feminism and the Internet: Ever wonder how they relate, and why feminists should care about Internet policy?

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