by Sara Cederberg | Jun 26, 2026 | 2026 Parker Lecture, Blog, Featured, Parker Lecture
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Ruha Benjamin, a leading scholar on race, technology, and justice, will deliver the 2026 Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture and veteran journalist Richard Prince will be recognized with this year’s Everett C. Parker Award,...
by Sara Cederberg | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog, FCC Accountability
UCC Media Justice Comments The View Petition for Declaratory Ruling 6-22-2008 Click to open the PDF in your...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 13, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
One year ago, President Trump declared the Digital Equity Act “unconstitutional” and “racist and illegal” in a post on Truth Social. The next day, the Department of Commerce sent cancellation letters to every grantee. Trump’s claim is false. The Digital Equity Act is...
by Sara Cederberg | May 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
AI systems already decide who gets a job interview, who qualifies for a loan, who gets flagged by police, and who gets cut off from government benefits. UCC Media Justice wrote about this in December when endorsing the AI Civil Rights Act. Without safeguards, this...
by Cheryl Leanza | May 1, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
We are reaping the fruit of the industry’s cowardice. For more than a year, most major media companies have stood by or aggressively acquiesced as President Trump and FCC Chair Brendan Carr pressured them through lawsuits and baseless investigations. Radio coverage of...
by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
UCC Media Justice is no stranger to standing up for accountability and localism in our media. Today, we are celebrating our allies in this fight: eight attorneys general and the company DirecTV, who secured a longer-lasting freeze on the Nextar/TEGNA merger. Chief...
