Free Press Action Fund Organizer James L. Thompson testified before the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee about the need to revive and strengthen local media.
News Voices: North Carolina and Working Narratives are presenting workshops at the Free Movement Conference on the links between journalism and social justice.
Free Press and Color Of Change hosted a virtual town hall on March 8 to discuss the Kerner Commission report and the media’s role in creating racial divisions.
A report released 50 years ago documented how the media contributed to our nation’s racial divisions. Half a century later, the problems outlined in this report persist.