April 16, 2008 In the second of a series of interviews published by the Benton Foundation, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council Executive Director David Honig asks, "What could be a more inefficient deployment of resources than having the entrepreneurial, managerial and creative wealth of a third of the country unable to find expression in the nation's most powerful industries?"

March 24, 2008 In this Q&A with Media Access Project President & CEO Andrew Jay Schwartzman, we ask about the US's history of legalized discrimination the effects that can still be seen today. We invite you to add your voice to the discussion.

February 1, 2008 On January 29, 2008, the FCC launched 3 proceedings asking for public comment on reforming the Universal Service Fund and recommendations made by the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (Joint Board) in November. The Joint Board’s proposal includes a recommendation that the current definition of services supported by the federal USF be expanded to include high-speed, broadband Internet access.

January 31, 2008 On January 30, 2008, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration released Networked Nation: Broadband in America, a report that concludes that "a reasonable assessment of the available data indicates" that President Bush's 2004 objective of affordable access to broadband for all by 2007 has been realized "to a very great degree." The Administration's "mission Accomplished" rhetoric does not match reality.