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UCC Media Justice Sues FCC Over Prison Phone Rate Decision
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.
Campaigning for justice in the age of artificial intelligence
These powerful, often invisible technologies are making decisions about your life, your loved ones, and many of the most vulnerable in society.
Advocates: create the just media and tech you want to see
Speaking truth to power
FCC Makes a Bad Decision Worse: Even more outrageous rate increases for incarcerated people
Trump FCC adds even more costs to calls
UCC Media Justice Releases Fact Sheet on FCC Draft Proposed Order on Incarcerated People’s Communications Services
This draft is a dramatic departure from the FCC’s decision issued last July.
October 28 will be a decisive day for prison phone justice
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.
Echoes of Fred Friendly: When networks bow to power
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.
Prison Phone Justice Delayed — What’s at Stake and What You Can Do
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.
Know Peace Online: Know Your Limits
Across many faith traditions, the message is the same: stepping away from the scroll creates space to hear more clearly what truly matters.
Dr. Safiya U. Noble, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to Headline 43rd Annual Parker Lecture on October 30
Join us on Thursday, October 30, 2025, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C.!