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TRENTON — On Monday, New Jersey State Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald reintroduced the Civic Info Bill. The legislation would establish and fund the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are fighting for equal internet access: They want to reinstate Net Neutrality, which was repealed by the FCC last year.

On Thursday, Free Press filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the FCC’s recent repeal of Net Neutrality protections.

Created to study the urban rebellions of 1967, the Kerner Commission revealed in 1968 how racist media played a role. As the Kerner report turns 50, Free Press’ Joseph Torres argues that large media companies continue to uphold White supremacy.

The 1990s’ deregulation of media illustrates the effectiveness of the anti-democracy movement in selling an anti-government approach.

The Trump FCC’s decision to gut media-ownership rules specifically to aid the Sinclair Broadcast Group has received widespread bipartisan condemnation and an FCC investigation into potential corruption. Critics have charged the $3.9-billion deal would result in Sinclair owning 233 local-TV stations to dominate the media landscape across 73 percent of the country, reducing overall competition and diversity in the media space.

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which would reverse the FCC’s unpopular repeal of Net Neutrality protections.

There are multiple fronts of struggle to make Net Neutrality a reality: Congress, the courts, states and communities. This is part of a campaign to create an internet for the 21st century that is fast, reliable and available in all communities.

Net Neutrality rules have a death day: April 23. That’s the day when the ongoing process to repeal the rules begins.

People of color are disproportionately less likely to have access to the internet than their white counterparts.