by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 13, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
The Federal Communications Commission issued a draft order on October 7, 2025, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has announced he will hold a vote on the draft at the FCC’s open meeting on October 28, 2025. This draft is a dramatic departure from the FCC’s decision...
by Sara Cederberg | Sep 25, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
For more than a decade, UCC Media Justice has worked alongside partners, advocates, and people of faith to end the exploitation of families with loved ones behind bars. Thanks to the bipartisan Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act—passed...
by UCC Media Justice | Sep 18, 2025 | A Faith-Based Perspective, Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media
Sara Fitzgerald, treasurer of the UCC Media Justice Ministry Board of Directors and guest author of this post, is retired following a career in journalism and public policy that included 15 years at The Washington Post as an editor and new media developer. When I...
by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Open and Affordable Communications
On September 15, UCC Media Justice helped organize a coalition letter almost 100 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...
by Sara Cederberg | Sep 11, 2025 | Blog, Know Peace Online
As part of our Know Peace Online campaign, we’re exploring how faith, ethics, and care can guide our digital lives. This week’s focus is “Know Your Limits.” In a world that never stops scrolling, setting boundaries isn’t just healthy — it’s necessary. Faith traditions...
by Sara Cederberg | Aug 26, 2025 | 2025 Parker Lecture, Blog, Parker Lecture, Parker Lectures
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dr. Safiya U. Noble, a nationally recognized scholar on the potential misuse of artificial intelligence, will deliver the 2025 Everett C. Parker Lecture and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Anna M. Gomez will receive the Newton...
