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 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...
by Sara Cederberg | Dec 22, 2025 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
UCC Media Justice is deeply committed to ensuring that technological systems are tools for increasing justice, fairness, accountability and equity. We have long worked alongside our civil rights allies to protest new technologies used to exclude or used unfairly. ...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 30, 2025 | Blog, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
Leaders of the media justice movement and the United Church of Christ gathered Thursday to honor the legacy of the late Rev. Everett Parker and re-inspire another generation of advocates working for a media landscape that is just, equitable and inclusive. Delivering...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured
The FCC voted 2 to 1, over the eloquent and detailed dissent of Commissioner Gomez, to increase rates paid by incarcerated people their families and loved ones by even more than originally proposed. This change gives even more to greedy monopoly phone companies while...
