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The Future of the Internet Starts in Pittsburgh If we're going to successfully secure an open Internet accessible to all Americans, we need to get out from behind our computers. In less than two weeks, the FCC is hosting a public hearing on the future of the Internet at Carnegie Mellon University in...

July 8, 2008

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'Fire in My Belly' for Better Media Katy Parrish didn't know what she would find when she sat down at her computer five years ago and typed the words "alternative media" into a search engine. She was outraged at the mainstream media's coverage of the war in Iraq, and her local media in...

July 7, 2008

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Localism Not Just for Disasters This is a guest blog from Arron Wings, a charter member of Iowans for Better Local TV. You might have seen some of the coverage the national press gave to recent floods in Iowa. It was a dramatic event that frequently brought comparisons to Hurricane...

June 30, 2008

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100 Days to Stop Big Media Thanks to you, last month the Senate passed a critical bill that is the first step to stopping the FCC from letting Big Media get even bigger. Now the House must do the same. Today we're launching a "100 Co-sponsors in 100 Days" drive. It's an all-out...

June 26, 2008

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America's Next Moon Shot: Internet for Everyone Almost every great public initiative in America's history, the electrification of rural communities, the creation of the interstate highway system or the 60s-era mission to the moon, started with a powerful vision and the political leadership to get it...

June 25, 2008

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