Trump’s FCC Chairman Ajit Pai led the repeal of Net Neutrality last year, but he hasn’t slowed down. What’s next on his chopping block? The Lifeline program, which provides affordable phone and internet access to people living on low incomes. Pai’s proposed “reforms” to Lifeline will disproportionately harm people of color, seniors, and people with Read more
Net Neutrality fact sheet from Center for Media Justice, Free Press, Color of Change, and National Hispanic Media Coalition.
CMJ joined other civil rights and public interest organizations to call on this year’s election debate moderators to lift up affordable broadband as a critical issue for the next President.
This fact sheet breaks down the state and local perspectives of the lifeline program.
This fact sheet breaks down the Lifeline program in the U.S. and is apart of the Lifeline Toolkit 2016 .
This fact sheet breaks down the Lifeline program in the U.S. and is apart of the Lifeline Toolkit 2016 .
This toolkit is designed for community-based organizations that work directly with low-income families. These organizations are in the best position to collect stories from impacted communities because those relationships already exist. The stories collected through this process will be used to support efforts to modernize the Lifeline program. This toolkit was created by The Utility Read more
Here is a brief fact sheet explaining the need for expanding the Lifeline program.
Lifeline FCC Reply Comments submitted by Greenlining Institute behalf on the Media Action Grassroots Network.
Comments submitted to the FCC on April 2, 2012, by the Center for Media Justice, The Benton Foundation, Access Humboldt, et al., addressing consumer concerns about proposed changes to eligibility criteria for the Lifeline Link Up Program.