This morning the FCC voted to protect real Net Neutrality — marking the biggest victory for the public interest in the agency’s history.
That’s right. We won.
Net Neutrality is a civil rights issue — and it appears the FCC will soon implement real Net Neutrality protections, thanks in large part to civil rights activists.
The mainstream media has been marveling lately at the grassroots movement that took on the powerful telecom industry and has all but won the battle for Net Neutrality.
In just a few days, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on whether to preserve an open Internet with strong Net Neutrality rules, or turn the Internet over to corporate providers who’d prefer an online environment that looks more like cable, where the corporate bottom line trumps free speech, every time.
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.
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.
On Thursday, the National Hispanic Media Coalition co-hosted a day of action in Washington, D.C., bringing a delegation of 13 racial justice and civil rights leaders from across the country to meet with state representatives and tell their personal stories about why an open Internet is critical for communities of color.
"Super-predator." "Crack baby." "Welfare Queen."
It was 1987, and my 13-year-old interaction with mainstream news and entertainment media was a martial one.
