by Sara Cederberg | Mar 10, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Parker Lecture, Parker Lectures
Mark your calendars for the 44th Annual Parker Lecture and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C.! New this year: we’re celebrating at lunchtime. We see parallels to the moment we find...
by Sara Cederberg | Feb 17, 2026 | Blog, Press Release
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., civil rights leader, two-time presidential candidate, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, died on February 17, 2026. He was 84. Rev. Jackson was a longtime ally of UCC Media Justice and delivered the 30th Annual Everett C. Parker...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, FCC Accountability, Featured, Media Concentration
As we start 2026, UCC Media Justice continues its long legacy of ensuring that local TV broadcasters serve their communities by joining with our allies to oppose the Nexstar/TEGNA merger. At a time when local and reliable sources of news and information are more...
by UCC Media Justice | Feb 3, 2026 | Blog, FCC Accountability, Featured
Bhawna Motwoni is a third-year J.D. candidate and Technology Law and Policy Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center. She currently serves as a legal intern to the Chief Administrative Law Judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission and will join Goodwin...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
Combining two of the largest TV conglomerates into one company is bad for everyone. WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, December 31, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc....
by Sara Cederberg | Dec 23, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured
On October 28, the FCC voted 2-1 to reverse the fair rate caps for prison phone and video calls that Congress mandated through the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act. The decision will cost families hundreds of millions of dollars more each year...
