Combining two of the largest TV conglomerates into one company is bad for everyone.

Last week, UCC Media Justice filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, asking the court to find the FCC’s order unlawful.

These powerful, often invisible technologies are making decisions about your life, your loved ones, and many of the most vulnerable in society.

Speaking truth to power

Trump FCC adds even more costs to calls

This draft is a dramatic departure from the FCC’s decision issued last July.

On Oct. 28, the Federal Communications Commission will vote again on prison phone and video rates—and the outcome could determine whether fairness is restored or families are left to shoulder impossible choices. 

What is really concerning about Kimmel’s suspension is the role that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendon Carr—and by extension President Trump—played in threatening to pull the broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates if they continued to air Kimmel’s show.

On September 15, UCC Media Justice helped organize a coalition letter of faith and public interest groups urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to overturn its unjust and unlawful suspension of fair prison phone and video rates. This letter supports a legal filing at the FCC, in which we are also deeply engaged.

Across many faith traditions, the message is the same: stepping away from the scroll creates space to hear more clearly what truly matters.