As office manager at Free Press’ Massachusetts office, I check the mail every day. Among the bills and junk mail are usually a few check or cash donations, and occasionally some personal correspondence from our supporters.
The Sunlight Foundation put up a post claiming that a “shadowy organization with ties to the Koch brothers” dominated the final round of Net Neutrality comments at the FCC.
But scratch the surface of this study and you’ll find a deeply flawed analysis.
I remember what life was like before the World Wide Web took off, when people like Howard H. Smith and David J. Wright struggled to reach an audience — a marginalized audience that had no major media platforms at the time.
At stake at the end of 2014 is whether the Internet remains a democratic, user-powered network — or falls under the control of a few powerful entities.
The protests over the police killings of unarmed Black men and children are forcing people to confront the media’s stereotypical coverage of communities of color.
As Black communities emerge from the shadows of criminalization, hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter have jumped off the computer screen and into the street. Beyond sparking a long-awaited new civil rights movement, they are also catalyzing an amazing 21st-century model for civil rights activism.
On Thursday morning, I was part of a crowd that braved the cold to show the FCC that we aren't going away until we get real Net Neutrality protections.
