by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 23, 2025 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Blog, Broadband for Everyone, Open and Affordable Communications
In recent days, major new proposals from the Trump Administration and the majority in Congress are damaging further mechanisms that would have provided low-cost broadband to households in need. The Department of Commerce issued radically revised guidance for states...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 20, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
What kind of company wants to keep their prices a secret? Usually, if they won’t tell you what their product costs, it’s a good bet that it costs too much. We’re unfortunately well-acquainted with another group of companies that don’t want to...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog, Open and Affordable Communications
UCC Media Justice, working alongside the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Unidos US, demanded that the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation delay the confirmation hearing for the Trump Administration’s current Federal...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
Lower rates for incarcerated people are here at last! April 1, 2025 marks an important day in the quest for communications justice. The FCC’s new rules apply to most of the country today. The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry (UCC Media Justice) has...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media
“The government has no place in the newsroom.” That was once a near-universal principle articulated by leaders on both sides of the aisle, including then–FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai — who later went on to serve as FCC Chairman under the first Trump administration. In...
