AT&T is an enormous media, telecom and internet gatekeeper with a horrible track record of overcharging you, limiting your choices and spying on you. And now it wants to get even bigger.
On Monday a North Dakota judge refused to authorize the charges against Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman for her reporting on the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. But others covering the demonstrations are still facing charges.
The presidential election has been looming overhead for ages now, and cable-news coverage of the candidates has been a mess of “he said, she said,” horse-race “analysis” — and racist commentary.
My heart is heavy. More black men have been killed at the hands of police officers. I get angry. And then I use the very platform from which I get my news to share these breaking stories.
Without high-speed internet access you’re cut off from all kinds of opportunities.
And that’s exactly why debate moderator Lester Holt needs to ask Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump how they would help get everyone in America online at affordable prices.
Hundreds of journalists in New Jersey will be out of work come November. New Jersey is already one of the most underserved states when it comes to local news coverage.
The images are shocking: security guards, armed with dogs and pepper spray, attacking peaceful Native Americans marching against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The footage from Democracy Now! is a brutal reminder that those in power will do anything to stop people from standing against injustice.
