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ACTION ALERT: Trump Rules Remain at FCC as Democrats Cave to Big Cable, Fox News
Remember Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer Trump put in charge of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)? When he gutted net neutrality
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WaPo’s All-White Edit Board Decides DC Can’t Be Trusted With Democracy After All
The Washington Post (3/3/23) blamed the DC Council for forcing Biden to choose “public safety over home rule for the capital city.” President
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A Pittsburgh Bike Jam action highlights the danger bicyclists face when the Penn Ave Bike Lane abruptly ends
Activists created a temporary safe connection for bicyclists where the bike lane ends at 16th St A couple weeks ago a driver struck a woman riding
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The Washington Post Is Coming for Your Retirement Benefits
The Washington Post (2/5/23) warns that in 2034, when Social Security exhausts its reserves, “seniors face an immediate 25 percent cut in
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Distortion of Breakfast Price Hikes Leaves WSJ With Egg on Face
Note to those considering the Wall Street Journal‘s advice (2/14/23): For the price of a Journal subscription, you could buy 1,170 eggs a
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Save Richmond’s Last Pitcher Plant Swamp
Attention, VNPS Members! We have a rare opportunity to comment about a solar facility application (Case # PUR-2022-00179) that is proposed
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You’d Scowl, Too, if Media Covered You Like Bernie Sanders
The New York Times‘ Sheryl Gay Stolberg (2/12/23) describes Sen. Bernie Sanders as “wearing his trademark scowl” when she uses his becoming
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ACTION ALERT: NYT Book Review in Denial on Japanese Persecution in World War II
A New York Times book review (2/14/23) gets an important fact about US history seriously wrong. In a red-baiting New York Times review (2/14/23)
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To improve social equity, start with walkability
via Streetsblog – Left: Cody Lannom, CC”. Right: Courtesy Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Here’s how equity and walkability are interrelated,
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10 Years of The Wheel Mill!
Celebrate a decade of bike education and events at Pittsburgh’s premier indoor bike park! It’s hard to believe it’s only been a decade since
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You Don’t Stop Police Killings by Calling them ‘Fatal Encounters’
It’s hard to find words after yet another brutal police killing of a Black person, this time of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee,
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Nearly 90 organizations call for USDOT and DOJ to cease their support of pretextual traffic stops
Tyre Nichols’ murder began with a pretextual traffic stop. This practice disproportionately harms Black people, and it must end Like many people
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Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
“Liking” a post on social media might not seem like a high-impact action. But nonprofit media groups actually depend a great deal on their
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Renomination of Gigi Sohn Gives Public Another Chance to Be Heard
Ars Technica (10/26/22) called Gigi Sohn “the tiebreaking vote needed to reverse Trump-era deregulation of the broadband industry [and] restore
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WaPo Feeds Denial With False Claims About Overcounting Covid Deaths
The Washington Post (1/13/23) is feeding denialist fantasies about Covid. That’s a problem. Dr. Leana Wen, a well-known medical commentator for