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San Antonio Residents Push AT&T and Rep. Joaquin Castro to Support Real Net Neutrality
Joseph Torres
Steven Renderos
February 23, 2015
Castro says he supports Net Neutrality but has said nothing about whether he supports Title II — rendering his position indistinguishable from that of the big phone and cable companies.
Communities of Color Speak Out for Real Net Neutrality
Joseph Torres
February 19, 2015
A few years ago, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that communities of color oppose Net Neutrality. It wasn’t true then and it sure isn’t true today.
Rep. Cardenas Urges the Government to Block the Comcast Merger
Amy Kroin
February 18, 2015
On Wednesday, Rep. Tony Cárdenas became one of the first members of the House of Representatives to oppose the Comcast deal.
The Rev. William Barber II Delivers an Impassioned Plea for #NetNeutrality
Amy Kroin
February 17, 2015
The Rev. William Barber II knows firsthand how crucial Net Neutrality is.
12 Comcast Lies
Steven Renderos
February 13, 2015
Comcast is spinning out lies left and right to sell its merger with Time Warner Cable. We’ve collected 12 of the biggest whoppers here.
Victor Pickard Shows What 1940s-Era Media Moguls Have to Do With Today's Titans
Amy Kroin
February 11, 2015
While Victor Pickard's America's Battle for Media Democracy focuses on the defining media policy debates of the 1940s, the key issues at stake — the corporate interest vs. the public interest chief among them — are very much at work today.
Commissioner Ajit Pai's Misinformation Campaign
Amy Kroin
February 10, 2015
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai gave a beribboned and bedazzled gift to cable companies on Tuesday morning — just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Cable-Money Recipients Try to Stop FCC from Protecting Net Neutrality
February 9, 2015
While we’re all celebrating FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s announcement that he plans to reclassify broadband providers to save Net Neutrality, some of Congress’ biggest recipients of cable cash are gearing up to get in the way.
The FCC's All-too-Welcome Move on Municipal Broadband
February 6, 2015
This season, public interest policy is IN.
Why Title II Reclassification for Net Neutrality Is the Biggest Deal Ever
Candace Clement
Matt Wood
February 4, 2015
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has confirmed that he will base new Net Neutrality rules on Title II of the Communications Act. He described those rules as "the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC."

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