Tag: Federal Communications Commission
US Court of Appeals strikes down net neutrality
Appellate court strikes down net neutrality ending the push to regulate internet service providers like a public utility.
Americans report more spam calls in 2024 than 2023
So far there have been 34.3 billion robocalls year to date with an estimated 56 billion robocalls in total for 2024 based on year over year trajectory.
FCC restores Net Neutrality protections
The reinstated Net Neutrality protects will "reclassify high-speed-internet access services as telecom services subject to Title II of the Communications Act."
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.