by Sara Cederberg | Oct 21, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
In 2004, Congress directed the FCC to make sure no single television station owner reaches more than 39% of the national audience, to prevent monopolies in broadcast media and protect the diversity of voices Americans hear on the news. On October 1, the FCC released...
by UCC Media Justice | Oct 20, 2026 | Blog, Faithful and Queer, Featured
Our Media Justice Fellow, the Rev. Dr. D. Amina B. Butts, mourns the passing of her friend and mentor, Bishop Yao K.R. Cheeks, D.D. Putting her thoughts into the context of media justice, she honors his memory by searching the pages of queer history for his name,...
by UCC Media Justice | Oct 6, 2026 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit just issued a ruling upholding most of the FCC’s 2024 phone justice decision, affirming that the decision — which the current FCC has since largely repealed — was fully in accordance with the law. The case challenging...
by UCC Media Justice | Sep 22, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
This blog was originally published in the UCC News Digest and co-authored by UCC Media Justice Policy Advisor Cheryl Leanza and Rev. Tyler Yost, who serves in the UCC’s Western Association of the Illinois Conference. The UCC’s Environmental Justice Ministries and...
by Sara Cederberg | Sep 10, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Parker Lecture
The people and companies behind the screen, not the technology itself, are responsible for the harms of artificial intelligence. That was Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s central argument at the 44th Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture and Awards Luncheon...
by UCC Media Justice | Aug 25, 2026 | Blog, Featured
The Rev. Dr. D. Amina B. Butts — both faithful and queer and a UCC Media Justice Fellow — prepared this blog post. On Monday, July 27, 2026, the Bethesda United Church of Christ hosted journalist and author Nico Lang for a discussion of their bestselling book,...
