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Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
The People v. The Information Monopolies: Case Continued
19 Dec 2018
Democrats failed to get enough votes to repeal the FCC’s undoing of net neutrality, but there’s still time to change some member’s votes.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Political Activists Scramble For Access to the Censored Net: Nabil Hassein
10 Jan 2018
Political activists are scrambling to find ways to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with Internet neutrality.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Political Class and Network Neutrality
21 Dec 2017
Earlier this month, Chicago journalist Curtis Black called the office of Congressman Bobby Rush (D- IL) to ask what the congressman’s position on net neutrality was, now that Donald Trump is presid
Andre Damon
Net Neutrality and the Drive to Censor the Internet
29 Nov 2017
“These giant monopolies will be able to block access to entire websites.”
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Trump FCC Wants To Remove Caps on Calls From Jails and Prisons, and to Kill Network Neutrality
23 Nov 2017
When it comes to the people’s will, the FCC have never been good lis
Zeynep Tufekci
What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and Ferguson
26 Aug 2014
This timely article explains how Twitter assisted the public in knowing about Ferguson, and essentially forced corporate media to cover it, while Facebook did the opposite.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
“Civil Rights” Leaders, Politic365 bloggers, CBC Members Get Paid, the Public Gets Played on Network Neutrality.
26 Aug 2014
Is there any part of the black political class that isn't for sale, or hasn't been already been leased by Comcast, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T or Time-Warner?
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why President Obama Won't Deliver On His Network Neutrality Promises
01 Dec 2010
After two years of President Barack Obama, where are we on network neutrality, and the rights of minority communities to fight the digital redlining of our communities which lies at the core of the
James Owens , Scott Sanders
Network Neutrality Should Be The Beginning, We Need Community Control Over Public Media
17 Mar 2010
Cheap, fast and universally available broadband access will be as vital to community economic development in the 21st century as paved roads. But neither universal access nor a just media propagat
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Caucus Caves to Corporate Power
15 Jun 2006
In response to a flood of cable and phone company propaganda and millions in campaign and charitable donations, two thirds of the Congressional Black Caucus vote to redline broadband deployment in