Over the course of my first month as a Free Press intern, I wasn’t sure how often I would be interacting with our members. That all changed during our Net Neutrality In-District Drop-In Day on July 1.
The partisan bickering on Capitol Hill can turn the most wide-eyed idealist into a disillusioned crank. But progress is possible even in this era of legislative gridlock. That’s why Free Press Action Fund members meet with their elected officials: to effect change.
FCC votes on Net Neutrality and the proposed Comcast merger are looming — which makes this a crucial time to take action and mobilize everyone you know to join the fight.
Free Press members around the country are standing up for the open Internet and calling on the Federal Communications Commission to restore Net Neutrality.
A group of us met recently with Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office, where we asked the senator to co-sponsor the USA Freedom Act, which would curtail the NSA’s illegal activities.
Earlier this month, I visited Sen. Amy Klobuchar's office to urge her to support the Television Consumer Freedom Act. This bill is a good way to begin to reform our deeply flawed video market.
When I was growing up, I loved dystopian stories where the protagonists fought against “The Man.” The omniscient but shadowy enemy was always all-seeing and all-knowing, a seemingly indomitable foe.
In May, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a journalism degree and a mountain of student loan debt.
My roommates and I are careful about sticking to a budget — and every month we’re left wondering why our cable bill is so high.
