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Trump's War on the First Amendment Finds a Home at the FCC
Timothy Karr
June 5, 2017
The Trump FCC is carrying out its quest to kill Net Neutrality in a distinctly undemocratic way — including banning some activists from ever attending the agency’s public meetings. And that’s just one in a growing number of incidents in which the FCC has cracked down on the rights of people who support Net Neutrality.
Montclair Residents Want More Info About What's Going Right -- and Wrong -- in Their Communities
Chris Satullo
May 19, 2017
From the busy streets of Camden to the flat farmlands of Gloucester County to the tree-blessed avenues of Montclair, the message is consistent: New Jersey residents crave information that existing media outlets don’t provide.
Net Neutrality Activists Rally Against Trump FCC's Plan to Destroy the Internet
Amy Kroin
May 18, 2017
People from across the country have already generated more than 1 million comments and signatures in support of real Net Neutrality. And outside the FCC’s headquarters, a range of advocacy groups, members of Congress and nearly 100 activists rallied to preserve the open internet.
Voices for Internet Freedom Forum in L.A.'s Skid Row Lifts Up Community Voices
Joseph Torres
May 12, 2017
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn confessed “that a small part” of her was feeling “a little down” when she arrived at the Los Angeles Community Action Network in the city’s Skid Row neighborhood on Wednesday for a public forum on internet-related issues.
South Jersey Residents Brainstorm About the Journalism Projects an Expected Cash Windfall Could Support
Chris Satullo
May 9, 2017
The 25 participants voiced strong support for the idea of a state fund that would support enterprising reporting on local news while aggregating multiple types of information useful to South Jersey residents.
Net Neutrality Activists Picket Pai
Brandon Forester
May 9, 2017
Last Thursday we printed our chant sheets, bought a couple of dollar-store ponchos, had a sign-making party and picked up a bullhorn we’d borrowed. If FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wouldn’t come to the American people, the American people would come to Pai.
A Journalism Collaboration Lifts Up the Voices of New Brunswick's Working Poor
Mike Rispoli
May 8, 2017
A dedicated group of five NJ Spark student journalists worked hand in hand with Free Press over the course of the spring semester on an ambitious project: lifting up the stories of New Jersey's working poor — and specifically New Brunswick's.
News Voices: North Carolina Launches With Two Community-Building Events
Fiona Morgan
April 26, 2017
News Voices officially kicked off in North Carolina this past week, with parties in Charlotte and Durham that brought together journalists and community members interested in shaping the future of news in the Tar Heel State.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Got Rickrolled by Net Neutrality Activists
April 21, 2017
Several activists disrupted a public Federal Communications Commission meeting using a classic internet meme, the “Rickroll,” in a show of support for the open internet.
Net Neutrality Is Next
Lucia M.
April 12, 2017
Speaking up for the open internet at a town hall or in-district meeting is the single most effective thing you can do right now to protect it.

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