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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a mountaintop removal mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va. with Coal River Mountain, left, in the background. Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past decade against the destructive, uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining known as mountaintop removal. But they have yet to mobilize the millions of supporters they want. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)
Rise Up or Die
May 20, 2013 | Perspectives
Chris Hedges writes that we must either defy the corporate state or accept our extinction as a species. He believes rebellion is the only way to remain fully human.
Craig Aaron at the National Conference for Media Reform
Taking on Murdoch, SOPA and the FCC
April 10, 2013 | Money & Politics
Craig Aaron, head of the media reform group Free Press, challenges the most powerful lobbies in Washington to protect our airways from corporate control.
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Bringing High-Speed Internet to Cajun Country
February 7, 2013 | News & Notes

How one Louisiana town fought telecom companies to build one of the fastest networks in the nation for its residents. Continue reading

President Franklin D. Roosevelt shown at the White House, in Washington on Jan. 30, 1935 with an imposing battery of microphones lined up in front of him as he broadcast to the nation. (AP Photo)
The FCC, the Public Interest and the Blue Book
December 19, 2012 | Q&A
Victor Pickard answers our questions about the (almost) golden age of the FCC when progressive commissioners tried to make commercial media more attentive to public interests.
Representatives of the media advocacy group Free Press deliver 200,000 petition signatures to the FCC. (Free Press)
Activists Deliver 200,000 Petition Signatures to FCC
December 12, 2012 | News & Notes

Representatives of several media advocacy groups delivered petitions opposing relaxation of media ownership laws. Continue reading

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Ten Noam Chomsky Quotes on American Media
December 10, 2012 | BillBoard
Bill shared with staff an AlterNet round-up of Noam Chomsky quotes about America's corporate media.
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The People Have Spoken
December 7, 2012 | Group Think

The president of Free Press reminds us that the last time the FCC tried to change ownership rules, 99 percent of public comments opposed it. MORE

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The FCC’s Chance to Promote Diverse Media Owners, and How It May Blow It
December 7, 2012 | Group Think

The president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition stresses the importance of positive Latino representations in the media. MORE

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Consolidation Costs Jobs and Stifles Innovation
December 7, 2012 | Group Think
The president of the Newspaper Guild says media consolidation means less content, less less diversity, less innovation, and fewer journalists.
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The Case for Relaxing Cross-Ownership Laws
December 7, 2012 | Group Think
The creator of chicagotribune.com says cross-ownership rules have become outdated in the age of the internet
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