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Civil-rights icon John Lewis recognized that protecting the open internet is a critical racial-justice issue.

Donald Trump is once again using Twitter to incite anti-Black hate. If Twitter really cares about Black lives, it must turn off his microphone.

For years Facebook has failed to adequately curb the spread of hate and dangerous disinformation on its platform. Now it’s facing a reckoning.

The #StopHateForProfit boycott has been shifting the ground under Facebook’s feet in ways that bean counters in the commenting class can’t seem to tabulate.

Free Press’ News Voices project recently hosted a conversation with community organizers and journalists who are creating inspiring local-news initiatives from scratch.

While hundreds of ISPs have promised to keep people connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, people are still losing service. And their stories are heartbreaking.

As we confront state-sanctioned violence against Black people, protesters and journalists, the fight for a free press has never been more crucial.

On June 2, my 29-year-old son Joshua and I attended the 413 Boricuas: Solidarity March Against Police Brutality in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

We affirm the humanity, dignity and inherent value of all Black lives.

How do journalists tell the story of this time? By speaking truth to power. And the story of COVID-19 is dangerously incomplete without an analysis of racial justice.