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President Joe Biden's failure to nominate a fifth FCC commissioner has forced Democrats to work with a 2-2 deadlock instead of the 3-2 majority the president's party typically enjoys.

Alvaro Bedoya’s research indicates that surveillance technologies have hurt marginalized groups and threatened the civil rights of people of color.

Progressive groups say Alvaro Bedoya will be an ally in fighting surveillance abuses and corporate concentration.

Nominee Alvaro Bedoya calls privacy a civil right.

This report explores narrative organizing in Philadelphia around policing and public safety in the wake of the 2020 racial-justice protests.

It’s the first proposed federal intervention for the local-news industry to gain traction in more than 50 years. But does it address deep inequities in local journalism?

The United States continues its mediocre showing in most broadband metrics due to limited competition and terrible government policy.

The Hoh Tribe consists of 28 homes along a strip of road on Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Getting online here has been a constant struggle.

The huge Senate infrastructure package allocates billions of dollars for expanding affordable internet access, raising the question of who should get that money.

As Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans, the city’s 911 emergency-calling service, served by AT&T, stopped working.