by Cheryl Leanza | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, 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 Cheryl Leanza | Aug 6, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
We have heard from many supporters asking for guidance with respect to recent events facing public media. As followers of UCC Media Justice know from our recent advocacy, Congress voted to cancel the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s (CPB) funding in July. CPB...
by UCC Media Justice | Jul 31, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications
Last night, UCC Media Justice joined a coalition of public interest groups that filed an Application for Review urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to overturn a recent decision by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau that suspends the 2024 FCC rules...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured, Open and Affordable Communications, Uncategorized
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau just announced a unilateral delay in all rules implementing the Martha Wright Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act. This statement can be attributed to Cheryl A. Leanza, policy advisor...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jun 23, 2025 | Affordable Access to Modern Communications, Blog, Broadband for Everyone, Open and Affordable Communications
In recent days, major new proposals from the Trump Administration and the majority in Congress are damaging further mechanisms that would have provided low-cost broadband to households in need. The Department of Commerce issued radically revised guidance for states...
by Sara Cederberg | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Media Diversity, Open and Affordable Communications
Public media has long served as one of the most trusted sources of independent journalism in the United States — providing non-commercial news, educational programming, and local reporting to communities nationwide. Today, that system faces one of the most serious...
