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05/22/2025
Starks Situation: The FCC’s New Makeup as Trusty Limbo Continues
Geoffrey Starks made it official, announcing that last week’s open meeting would be his last as a Democratic FCC Commissioner.
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10/02/2023
Digital Discrimination: Deadline Nears for FCC to Adopt Rules
There’s been so much focus on this month’s scheduled FCC vote on reclassifying broadband under Title II, it’s easy to forget the Commission has a pressing deadline on digital discrimination on the horizon.
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06/14/2023
Save ACP Week: Stakeholders Make Case for Re-funding Broadband Program
Wednesday was the kickoff of the White House’s “ACP Week of Action” to spread awareness of the broadband subsidy program, but it felt more like the launch of a campaign to get the initiative re-funded.
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03/15/2022
NUL’s Urban Empowerment Fund now CDFI
The U.S. Department of Treasury certified the National Urban League’s Urban Empowerment Fund as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), boosting the ability to deliver capital to minority-owned small businesses in urban areas.
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10/07/2021
Progress Check: Corporate America’s Commitment to Social Justice
There are plenty of examples of how organizations in the media and cable industries stepped up to try to meet the social justice movement, but there does still exist a level of skepticism about how committed corporations are to being a part of long-term change.
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05/20/2021
EBB Update: One Million Sign-ups along with a Few Hiccups
The $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program is off and running, with the FCC announcing Thursday that one million households signed up for the subsidy program in its first week of operations.