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	<description>Let’s Act Now To Close The Digital Divide</description>
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		<title>Anonymous Trolling:  How Does Online Racism Affect Broadband Adoption?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/anonymous-trolling-how-does-online-racism-affect-broadband-adoption-2/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/anonymous-trolling-how-does-online-racism-affect-broadband-adoption-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston and Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Part II: Breaking the Barriers The rise of the Internet and its accompanying forums, message boards, and comment areas has brought with it Internet trolls.  While some trolls post inflammatory remarks for the sole purpose of getting a rise out of other users for “lulz,” others do so simply because the Internet grants them the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadband Internet Access and Human Rights: A Matter of Urgency, Not of Definition</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/broadband-internet-access-and-human-rights-a-matter-of-urgency-not-of-definition/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/broadband-internet-access-and-human-rights-a-matter-of-urgency-not-of-definition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 00:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory and DeVan Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current events around the globe are proving that Internet access allows people to exercise a range of human and civil rights. An  opinion editorial by highly regarded Internet Scholar Vinton Cerf has sparked debate about whether the definition of human and civil rights can include Internet access. However, the issue of whether Internet access is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Privacy in a Social Media and Networking World</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/the-future-of-privacy-in-a-social-media-and-networking-world/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/the-future-of-privacy-in-a-social-media-and-networking-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following article by Chris Naoum originally appeared on Broadband Breakfast. First search, then social media, and now privacy concerns?  The digital world has transformed the way consumers access content; one can search an article they are interested in, subscribe to Google Reader, follow a friend’s recommendation from Twitter or read an article a co [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anonymous Trolling:  How Does Online Racism Affect Broadband Adoption?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/anonymous-trolling-how-does-online-racism-affect-broadband-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/anonymous-trolling-how-does-online-racism-affect-broadband-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston and Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It happens all too often: We read an interesting article and feel compelled to add our two cents about the topic, so we scroll down to the comments section only to be faced with a barrage of hate.  Arguably, most people who write articles would love for their work to be a catalyst for discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Online Health Surge, But Minorities Lag Behind</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/an-online-health-surge-but-minorities-lag-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/an-online-health-surge-but-minorities-lag-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last July, the Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics released a data brief that found that white adults between the ages of 18 and 64 are far more likely than their black and Hispanic counterparts to search for health information online. Fifty-seven percent of whites surveyed had looked up medical information online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idea Theft and Black Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/idea-theft-and-black-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/05/idea-theft-and-black-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 03:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following article by Joseph Miller originally appeared on Politic365. Black unemployment is a symptom of persistent racial discrimination and skills gaps, but competition and trade policies play a role in unemployment that policy makers too often overlook.  Information technology (IT) and intellectual property (IP) theft is a significant threat to U.S. companies’ ability to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House Correspondents’ Reception Celebrates Diversity in the Media</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/white-house-correspondents%e2%80%99-reception-celebrates-diversity-in-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/white-house-correspondents%e2%80%99-reception-celebrates-diversity-in-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nestled in the heart of D.C. overlooking the White House, some of media’s elite gathered at the 3rd Annual “Our Voices: Celebrating Diversity in the Media White House Correspondents’ Weekend Reception” last Friday.  The reception was held on the rooftop of the Hay-Adams Hotel, where guests were able to enjoy the evening’s festivities while draped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War on Voters’ Rights Can be Fought Online</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/the-war-on-voters%e2%80%99-rights-can-be-fought-online/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/the-war-on-voters%e2%80%99-rights-can-be-fought-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, National Urban League President Marc Morial declared, “In 2012, the right to vote is under attack.” And last month craigconnects, craigslist founder Craig Newmark’s online initiative that features nonprofits using technology for social good, published an infographic to illustrate how more than five million eligible voters’ rights are under fire. The infographic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T Continues to Inspire with Aspire Initiative</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/att-continues-to-inspire-with-aspire-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/att-continues-to-inspire-with-aspire-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we all are aware, many students struggle every day in school. And too often their struggles can overwhelm, leading them to drop out of school altogether. The dropout crisis is real. Many nonprofits, community groups, and others are working to reduce the number of students failing to graduate from high school. One such initiative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Broadband to Boost Your Business’s Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/using-broadband-to-boost-your-business%e2%80%99s-bottom-line-2/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/using-broadband-to-boost-your-business%e2%80%99s-bottom-line-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maurita Coley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part II: Using Social Media to Promote Your Business In a world where African Americans and other minorities face extreme difficulty creating tech-based companies, it is important for would-be entrepreneurs to create their own solutions.  At the Black Women’s Roundtable’s recent financial workshop, Linking Broadband Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, several black tech entrepreneurs and experts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Cookies:  A Century of Girl Scouts Cultivating Women Who Lead</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/smart-cookies-a-century-of-girl-scouts-cultivating-women-who-lead/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/smart-cookies-a-century-of-girl-scouts-cultivating-women-who-lead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joycelyn James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, the Girl Scouts of the USA achieved a major milestone, turning 100 years old.  Boasting a membership of more than 3.2 million, it is the largest organization for girls in the world.  Since its inception by Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low in 1912, more than 50 million women in our country have participated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook, AOL and Your Intellectual Property</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/facebook-aol-and-your-intellectual-property/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/facebook-aol-and-your-intellectual-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article by Alton Drew originally appeared on Politic365. Facebook was back in the news last week. Its purchase of Instagram, a social networking site where subscribers put up pictures, caused a bit of a stir given the purchase price of $ 1 billion. It’s interesting because Instagram only has 12 employees. But, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Broadband to Boost Your Business’s Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/using-broadband-to-boost-your-business%e2%80%99s-bottom-line/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/using-broadband-to-boost-your-business%e2%80%99s-bottom-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maurita Coley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exactly how important is social media to achieving success for your start-up business?  How can we get more African Americans educated on the benefits of technology?  What are the emerging business opportunities enabled by broadband?  A panel of broadband industry experts recently addressed these and other important questions at the Black Women’s Roundtable’s financial workshop, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Public Interest:  MMTC Honors Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/mr-public-interest-mmtc-honors-former-fcc-commissioner-michael-copps/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/mr-public-interest-mmtc-honors-former-fcc-commissioner-michael-copps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Clary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 12, the Minority Media &#38; Telecommunications Council and friends gathered at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association to honor former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps for his service and commitment to civil rights in the communications industries. In 1970, Commissioner Copps’ arrival in Washington began a remarkable career that would herald the return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIM, RIP: How BlackBerry Lost its Way, and How iPhones and iPads are Tapping to Success</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/rim-rip-how-blackberry-lost-its-way-and-how-iphones-and-ipads-are-tapping-to-success/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/rim-rip-how-blackberry-lost-its-way-and-how-iphones-and-ipads-are-tapping-to-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article by Drew Clark was originally posted on Broadband Breakfast. I admit to being taken in yesterday by Google’s April Fools prank – Gmail Tap. This priceless video promises to bring Morse code back for the smart phone era. Gmail Tap hit a powerful nerve: how to make smart phones more useful for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Tech Industry Biased Against Minorities?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/is-the-tech-industry-biased-against-minorities/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/is-the-tech-industry-biased-against-minorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historically, most of our nation’s most lucrative industries and institutions were not so friendly toward recruiting, admitting, hiring, and promoting people of color.  However, with mandates such as Equal Employment Opportunity, affirmative action, and overall fair hiring and recruiting practices, one would think that America’s practices of institutional racism would have disappeared by now. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Media Ownership Filing Makes FCC History</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/recent-media-ownership-filing-makes-fcc-history/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/recent-media-ownership-filing-makes-fcc-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Diversity and Competition Supporters (DCS) recently filed comments in the Federal Communications Commission’s quadrennial proceeding concerning the FCC’s media ownership rules. In their comments, the group urged the FCC to adopt specific proposals that would advance the interests of minorities and women in the communications industry. This group, numbering 50 organizations including the Minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Latest Plays for the ‘Playbook’ on National Adoption of Digital Textbooks</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/the-latest-plays-for-the-%e2%80%98playbook%e2%80%99-on-national-adoption-of-digital-textbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/the-latest-plays-for-the-%e2%80%98playbook%e2%80%99-on-national-adoption-of-digital-textbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorrissa Griffin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=5068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Would getting from New York City to Los Angeles quickly yet safely be better accomplished by driving non-stop for 41 hours or flying non-stop for less than six? The best way to advance our education system is much like the obvious answer to this question. Since technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spectrum Reallocation: How Will the National Broadband Plan’s Goals Be Realized?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/spectrum-reallocation-how-will-the-national-broadband-plan%e2%80%99s-goals-be-realized/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/04/spectrum-reallocation-how-will-the-national-broadband-plan%e2%80%99s-goals-be-realized/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeVan Hankerson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the dialogue on spectrum reallocation problems and solutions continues, Congress has stepped in and experts have continued to weigh in. Major players on the broadcast and wireless side of the spectrum allocation aisle frame the issue as costs or benefits to industry and not in terms representing the crisis as a threat to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting the modern-day fire-eaters: A look back to the origins of the Confederacy</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/fighting-the-modern-day-fire-eaters-a-look-back-to-the-origins-of-the-confederacy/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/fighting-the-modern-day-fire-eaters-a-look-back-to-the-origins-of-the-confederacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As early as the 1840s, the term fire-eaters was applied to an outspoken group of Southern, pro-slavery extremists who often used distorted, and even completely untrue, language in their rhetoric.  Sound familiar? While today’s polarized and outspoken groups aren’t exactly “pro-slavery extremists,” the behavior does ring a bell eerily close to home.  But easy online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Payton, Civil Rights Pioneer and NAACP President, Dead at 65</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/john-payton-civil-rights-pioneer-and-naacp-president-dead-at-65/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/john-payton-civil-rights-pioneer-and-naacp-president-dead-at-65/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, civil rights advocate and legendary attorney John Payton passed away after a brief illness.  He was 65.  Payton has left a legacy to which very few can compare, but many can admire.  Payton led the way in some of the most groundbreaking civil rights battles of recent memory.  Payton is survived by his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Deeper Look into Wireless Spectrum Capacity and Its Effect on Device Performance and Consumers: A Response to CNNMoney Tech’s Spectrum Series</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-device-performance-and-consumers-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series-2/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-device-performance-and-consumers-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part IV: Are There Any Solutions? As our nation faces an impending spectrum shortage, experts are putting forth solutions on how to avert the crisis.  In a CNNMoney Tech article, David Goldman left his readers with a few methods that are allowing the industry to stave off the spectrum crisis: First Method Cell splitting – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genachowski’s New Public-Private Initiative</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/genachowski%e2%80%99s-new-public-private-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/genachowski%e2%80%99s-new-public-private-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article by Malik Shareef originally appeared on Politic365.com. When the FCC unveiled their National Broadband Plan in 2010, the primary goal was to improve broadband Internet access throughout the United States. The plan sought to provide 100 million American households with access to 100 Mbit/s connections by the year 2020.  President Barack Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T Invests $250 Million to Educate At-Risk Youth with Aspire Initiative</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/att-invests-350-million-to-educate-at-risk-youth-with-aspire-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/att-invests-350-million-to-educate-at-risk-youth-with-aspire-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact, but nearly one-fourth of all students—and nearly forty percent of African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students—fail to graduate with their class.  In an effort to combat those numbers, AT&#38;T launched its “Aspire Initiative” in 2008, which is specifically focused on confronting the high school dropout crisis and to help ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘RLJ Rules’ &#8211; With Innovative OppsPlace Solution to Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/%e2%80%98rlj-rules%e2%80%99-with-innovative-oppsplace-solution-to-bridge-the-racial-wealth-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/%e2%80%98rlj-rules%e2%80%99-with-innovative-oppsplace-solution-to-bridge-the-racial-wealth-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maurita Coley</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than just acknowledging the 20:1 racial wealth gap between white and black Americans, Bob Johnson – founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), chairman of The RLJ Companies, and serial entrepreneur – has put his money where his mouth is. On Feb. 1, Johnson, in collaboration with Ariel M. Friedler, president of Symplicity Corporation, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Deeper Look into Wireless Spectrum Capacity and Its Effect on Device Performance and Consumers: A Response to CNNMoney Tech’s Spectrum Series</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-consumers-and-smartphone-and-tablet-performance-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-consumers-and-smartphone-and-tablet-performance-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PART III: Is Consolidation Key? Is consolidation the key?  Everyone fights the idea.  They say that it’s bad for consumers because there will be a lack of competition.  But will there be a viable alternative?  If companies can’t afford to outbid AT&#38;T or Verizon or quickly build out their spectrum, would they be using their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When an ROI 500 Times Better than Goldman Isn’t Enough: Reallocating Our Focus on Reallocating Spectrum</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/when-an-roi-500-times-better-than-goldman-isn%e2%80%99t-enough-reallocating-our-focus-on-reallocating-spectrum/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/when-an-roi-500-times-better-than-goldman-isn%e2%80%99t-enough-reallocating-our-focus-on-reallocating-spectrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blair Levin, Aspen Institute Fellow and architect of the National Broadband Plan, made the following remarks at MMTC&#8217;s open forum on spectrum earlier this month. The government invested about $20 million in a national broadband plan.  Just one of the ideas from that plan—an idea no one had previously proposed—was adopted and scored by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Digital Divide and the Racial Wealth Gap: Why Supporting Minority Business Enterprise is an Answer for Both</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/the-digital-divide-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-why-supporting-minority-business-enterprise-is-an-answer-for-both/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/the-digital-divide-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-why-supporting-minority-business-enterprise-is-an-answer-for-both/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are currently facing the greatest threat to first class citizenship, competitiveness, economic growth, and moral fiber as a nation since segregation. A deep digital divide &#8211; a chasm between those who have and have not yet adopted broadband &#8211; exists at a critical point in our nation&#8217;s history where we are transitioning from an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast’s New Initiatives Strive to Improve Broadband Adoption and Minority Ownership</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/comcast%e2%80%99s-new-initiatives-strive-to-improve-broadband-adoption-and-minority-ownership/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/comcast%e2%80%99s-new-initiatives-strive-to-improve-broadband-adoption-and-minority-ownership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has announced developments concerning two of its initiatives that are aimed to increase broadband adoption and minority ownership. The company has provided progress updates on its Internet Essentials program and its promise to launch ten independently owned minority networks.   According to David L. Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, these initiatives stem from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Urban League Releases SOBA Report: Broadband-Powered Media Will Play a Significant Role in 2012 Campaign</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/national-urban-league-releases-soba-report-broadband-powered-media-will-play-a-significant-role-in-2012-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/national-urban-league-releases-soba-report-broadband-powered-media-will-play-a-significant-role-in-2012-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a two-hour Town Hall Forum held at Howard University Wednesday evening, a much-revered civil rights organization, the National Urban League (NUL), released its 37th The State of Black America (SOBA) report, titled “Occupy the Vote to Educate, Employ &#38; Empower.” The 2012 campaign will focus on the political process as the nation continues its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Spectrum Keep up with Newest Product Advances?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/can-spectrum-keep-up-with-newest-product-advances/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/can-spectrum-keep-up-with-newest-product-advances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is going mobile, and if we as a nation are to keep up, we need to ensure that ample spectrum is available to meet our growing needs. Apple’s new iPad is just the latest in a line of product advancements that is driving mobile broadband demand. Analysts predict that by the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Deeper Look into Wireless Spectrum Capacity and Its Effect on Device Performance and Consumers: A Response to CNNMoney Tech’s Spectrum Series</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-affect-on-consumers-and-smartphone-and-tablet-performance-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-affect-on-consumers-and-smartphone-and-tablet-performance-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PART II: Experts Weigh in at MMTC’s Open Forum on Spectrum What would you say if I told you that the concept for mobile communications was first patented by a black man 125 years ago?  You would probably be utterly surprised, like I was today at MMTC’s Spectrum Forum, where Jonathan Spalter introduced me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Justice in the Information Age</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/social-justice-in-the-information-age/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/social-justice-in-the-information-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Clary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Justice = Opportunity. Much like isolating the variables in algebraic equations to arrive at the answer, in public policy we must define our goals to reach the solution. Knowing our overarching goal:  Social Justice.  And understanding what our goal means:  Social Justice = Opportunity.  Make it easier to apply our goals to a rapidly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Honig Speaks on Minority and Women Media Ownership</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/david-honig-speaks-on-minority-and-women-media-ownership/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/03/david-honig-speaks-on-minority-and-women-media-ownership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minority Media and Telecommunications Council Co-Founder and President David Honig recently educated a room full of Howard University students and faculty on the history and future of women and minority media ownership. As a featured lecturer of the School of Communications’ Time Warner Speaker Series, Honig shed light on the mechanisms preventing minorities and women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Deeper Look into Wireless Spectrum Capacity and Its Effect on Device Performance and Consumers: A Response to CNNMoney Tech’s Spectrum Series</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-device-performance-and-consumers-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/a-deeper-look-into-wireless-spectrum-capacity-and-its-effect-on-device-performance-and-consumers-a-response-to-cnnmoney-tech%e2%80%99s-spectrum-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, David Goldman of CNNMoney Tech gave readers a week-long series on the spectrum crunch and its effect on cell phone capacity and performance.  These articles gave the readers a nicely woven view of what the spectrum crunch is, why it is important, why there is a problem, and what has been and can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, NOBEL/Women Support Universal Broadband Adoption by Women and Families</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/sen-sharon-weston-broome-nobelwomen-support-universal-broadband-adoption-by-women-and-families/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/sen-sharon-weston-broome-nobelwomen-support-universal-broadband-adoption-by-women-and-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Louisiana State Senator Sharon Weston Broome is the president of the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative/Women (NOBEL/Women). NOBEL/Women is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization primarily composed of current and former black women legislators as well as appointed officials. A few weeks ago, I had the distinct honor of serving as a panelist alongside two of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Strategic Goals, Where is Diversity?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/fcc-strategic-goals-where-is-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/fcc-strategic-goals-where-is-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Clary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we were to give the FCC progress report, what do you suppose it would look like?  For universal service reform and broadband policy, I imagine the Commission would receive high marks for their initiatives and effort. But what would the Commission’s marks be for diversity?  Absent?  Tardy? It is no great secret that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Digital Piracy Battle: ‘Both Sides Need to Come to the Table’</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/the-digital-piracy-battle-%e2%80%98both-sides-need-to-come-to-the-table%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/the-digital-piracy-battle-%e2%80%98both-sides-need-to-come-to-the-table%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory and DeVan Hankerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is clear that the nation has not reached consensus regarding the legislation to curb digital theft, most people on both sides of the debate agree that something needs to be done to stop the piracy of copyrighted works online. Toni Cook Bush, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#38; Flom emphasized some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity Matters at the FCC</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/diversity-matters-at-the-fcc/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/diversity-matters-at-the-fcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the exponential growth of minorities in America, diversity in technology continues to lag.  Participation in the telecommunications industry has fared even worse. But there is good news:  the FCC’s Advisory Committee for Diversity in the Digital Age is trying to change that. The need for the Diversity Committee at the FCC “To grow and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Diversity Still Matters in the Technology and Telecom Industries</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/why-diversity-still-matters-in-the-technology-and-telecom-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/why-diversity-still-matters-in-the-technology-and-telecom-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following article by Jason A. Llorenz, Esq., Executive Director of the Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP), originally appeared on the HTTP blog. Recently, HACR released its Corporate Inclusion Index (CII) which measures companies across sectors on the issue of diversity. AT&#038;T. The company tied for first place and received a rating of 95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minority Involvement in the (Very Likely) Spectrum Auctions: Where Do Their Interests Lie?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/minority-involvement-in-the-very-likely-spectrum-auctions-where-do-their-interests-lie/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/minority-involvement-in-the-very-likely-spectrum-auctions-where-do-their-interests-lie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mobile/wireless spectrum is essential to minority adoption.  Study after study has found that African Americans and Hispanics rely on their mobile devices to access the Internet more than any other demographic group.  But the growth of this market is directly attributable to a much less tangible resource, one that is scarce and finite – yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechNet Sponsored-Report Reveals More Information about ‘App Economy’</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/technet-sponsored-report-reveals-more-information-about-%e2%80%98app-economy%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/technet-sponsored-report-reveals-more-information-about-%e2%80%98app-economy%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America’s obsession with various high tech innovations such as the smartphone and tablet, and its “got-to-have-an-app-for-everything” attitude, has led to the demand and creation of about 500,000 apps and apparently, just as many jobs. Last week, TechNet, a bipartisan network of CEOs and Senior Executives that promotes the growth of technology- led innovation, released a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ensuring Broadband for the Remaining 100 million Americans Without It</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/ensuring-broadband-for-the-remaining-100-million-americans-without-it/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/ensuring-broadband-for-the-remaining-100-million-americans-without-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to ensuring that all 311 million Americans have access to broadband, we still have a long way to go.   Although the FCC reported in its Seventh Broadband Progress Report and Order on Reconsideration that nearly 208 million people have adopted broadband, more than 100 million Americans, particularly 37 million women, lack a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for New, Engaging Media Content? Check Online.</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/searching-for-new-engaging-media-content-check-online/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/searching-for-new-engaging-media-content-check-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While many continue to find issue with the content available on broadcast television, the emergence of new programming online is appearing to satiate those who desire to be entertained, yet not at the expense of depth,  dimension, or even an opportunity to be educated. The ‘New Wave’: Public Purpose Content Public purpose content is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Commission’s Not-So-New Groove</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/the-commission%e2%80%99s-not-so-new-groove/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/the-commission%e2%80%99s-not-so-new-groove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joycelyn James</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4660</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a little girl, my dad taught me a dance he called the box step.  You move forward, to the side, back and to the side, eventually ending up in the same position you started. Lately, the Federal Communications Commission seems to be in the midst of a box step of its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC Releases ‘Civil Rights Agenda for the Technological Age’</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/mmtc-releases-%e2%80%98civil-rights-agenda-for-the-technological-age%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/mmtc-releases-%e2%80%98civil-rights-agenda-for-the-technological-age%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, at the Minority Media and Communications Council’s third annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit, MMTC released its latest publication, On the Path to the Digital Beloved Community: A Civil Rights Agenda for the Technological Age. The digital Beloved Community is an extension of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of a beloved community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC Congratulates FCC on Lifeline Order</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/mmtc-congratulates-fcc-on-lifeline-order/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/mmtc-congratulates-fcc-on-lifeline-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC, 2/1/2012 – The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) released this statement on the occasion of the FCC’s release of its Lifeline Order: “Broadband access, adoption and informed use is the most compelling civil rights issue of the 21st century. Broadband is necessary if one is to take advantage of today’s educational and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/02/mmtc-congratulates-fcc-on-lifeline-order/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>MMTC Presents Two New Digital Awards at Third Annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/mmtc-presents-two-new-digital-awards-at-third-annual-broadband-and-social-justice-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/mmtc-presents-two-new-digital-awards-at-third-annual-broadband-and-social-justice-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcella Gadson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council confers awards at its conferences every year to recognize and celebrate leading communications practitioners, advocates, and scholars.  Thanks to tireless efforts by an increasing number of notable advocates across the country, the list of worthy recipients keeps growing.  This year, MMTC created two new awards to recognize advocates and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blair Levin: U.S. is &#8216;Off Course&#8217; on Spectrum Goals</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/blair-levin-says-u-s-is-off-course-on-spectrum-goals/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/blair-levin-says-u-s-is-off-course-on-spectrum-goals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blair Levin, Aspen Institute Senior Fellow, delivered the following remarks at MMTC&#8217;s 3rd annual Broadband and Social Justice Summit. David asked me to address this question; will the spectrum goals of the National Broadband Plan be achieved? The answer is no. Thank you. While I just said that as a joke, I am quite serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC President David Honig Delivers State of Social Justice in Media, Telecom, and Broadband</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/mmtc-president-david-honig-delivers-state-of-social-justice-in-media-telecom-and-broadband/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/mmtc-president-david-honig-delivers-state-of-social-justice-in-media-telecom-and-broadband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One Day 1 of the 2012 Broadband and Social Justice Summit, David Honig delivered the following remarks: Welcome to the third annual MMTC Broadband and Social Justice Summit. I would like to open the Summit by saying that this is an extraordinary time to be in media and telecom policy. Our industries are in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Red Tails’ Release Spurred an Online Word of Mouth Movement, But Other Films Still Virtually Ignored</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/%e2%80%98red-tails%e2%80%99-release-spurred-an-online-word-of-mouth-movement-but-other-films-still-virtually-ignored/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/%e2%80%98red-tails%e2%80%99-release-spurred-an-online-word-of-mouth-movement-but-other-films-still-virtually-ignored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During its opening weekend, Red Tails debuted at number two and raked in more than $19 million at the box office.   Traditional advertising and marketing efforts may have played a role in luring moviegoers to watch the George Lucas-produced film depicting the triumphs and tribulations of the Tuskegee Airmen, but the consumer-created digital online movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third Annual Broadband &amp; Social Justice Policy Summit Opens TOMORROW Watch LIVE &#8211; #BBSJ2012</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/third-annual-broadband-social-justice-policy-summit-opens-tomorrow-watch-live-bbsj2012/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/third-annual-broadband-social-justice-policy-summit-opens-tomorrow-watch-live-bbsj2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC’s Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) will convene some of the nation’s most noted leaders on broadband policy, telecommunications, and social justice to “Bridge The Digital Divide” at its 3rd Annual Broadband &#38; Social Justice Summit. WHEN: January 26 &#8211; 27, 2012 WHERE: The Westin Georgetown Hotel &#124; 2350 M Street Washington, DC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainbow PUSH Founder and President Rev. Jesse Jackson Asks FCC to Reform Lifeline/Link Up Program</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/rainbow-push-founder-and-president-rev-jesse-jackson-asks-fcc-to-reform-lifelinelink-up-program/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/rainbow-push-founder-and-president-rev-jesse-jackson-asks-fcc-to-reform-lifelinelink-up-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Rev. Jesse Jackson made several suggestions to the FCC on reforming its Lifeline and Link Up programs and closing the broadband gap. The full text of Rev. Jackson&#8217;s letter follows: Dear Chairman Genachowski: The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and I, personally, have been active in the discussions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Don’t Go to the Ghetto?’ Some Consider New Application a Digital Divider</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-go-to-the-ghetto%e2%80%99-some-consider-new-application-a-digital-divider/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-go-to-the-ghetto%e2%80%99-some-consider-new-application-a-digital-divider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BBSJ has frequently acknowledged that features of our digital society, including technologies, can be enablers or “dividers.”  Their application can produce significant change by creating opportunities or yielding devastating and pernicious results. Such thoughts seem to be shared by those who are questioning Microsoft’s new “Pedestrian Route Production” application patent.  Many are calling it the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everett C. Parker, Telecommunications Pioneer, Turns 99</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/everett-c-parker-telecommunications-pioneer-turns-99/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/everett-c-parker-telecommunications-pioneer-turns-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Dr. Everett C. Parker, who in 1955 founded the modern media reform movement as the founding Director of the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ, celebrated his 99th birthday. Dr. Parker has lived through every era our nation has endured in the last century, including the Great Depression, the Civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Lucas Hopes &#8216;Red Tails&#8217; Will Change Hollywood&#8217;s Attitude Toward Minority Content</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/proving-hollywood-wrong-with-the-success-of-red-tails/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/proving-hollywood-wrong-with-the-success-of-red-tails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4508</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Red Tails, an under-told story about the successful and impactful contributions of African Americans in predominately Caucasian institutions, is slated for release Jan. 20 in movie theaters across the country. And hopefully, more producers with the capital to finance major movies will recognize the value of including minority content on the silver screen. What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STATEMENT OF THE MINORITY MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL ON THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY: What Congress Should Do Now To Advance Civil Rights In The Digital Age</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/statement-of-the-minority-media-and-telecommunications-council-on-the-martin-luther-king-holiday-what-congress-should-do-now-to-advance-civil-rights-in-the-digital-age/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/statement-of-the-minority-media-and-telecommunications-council-on-the-martin-luther-king-holiday-what-congress-should-do-now-to-advance-civil-rights-in-the-digital-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this Statement commemorating the Martin Luther King Holiday, MMTC calls upon Congress to channel the civil rights spirit of the 1964-1968 Congress and “act rapidly and comprehensively to adopt spectrum auctions.  By doing so, Congress will deliver the nation a civil rights victory of profound magnitude, at a time when the nation badly needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Minority Media and Telecom Council (MMTC) Presents the Third Annual Broadband &amp; Social Justice Policy Summit #BBSJ2012</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/the-minority-media-and-telecom-council-mmtc-presents-the-third-annual-broadband-social-justice-policy-summit-bbsj2012/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/the-minority-media-and-telecom-council-mmtc-presents-the-third-annual-broadband-social-justice-policy-summit-bbsj2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC’s Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) will convene some of the nation’s most noted leaders on broadband policy, telecommunications, and social justice to “Bridge The Digital Divide” at its 3rd Annual Broadband &#38; Social Justice Summit. WASHINGTON, DC, 1/13/2012 - The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) created the Broadband and Social Justice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African Americans Still Face Glass Ceiling in Silicon Valley</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/african-americans-still-face-glass-ceiling-in-silicon-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/african-americans-still-face-glass-ceiling-in-silicon-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Black computer workers in Santa Clara County, CA and King County, WA make an average salary of more than $11,000 per month, but neither of the tech hubs ranks among the top 60 counties by the number of African-American tech workers. John William Templeton, author of the 11th annual Silicon Ceiling: Equal Opportunity and High [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/african-americans-still-face-glass-ceiling-in-silicon-valley/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>A Vital Lifeline</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/a-vital-lifeline/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/a-vital-lifeline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Taylor Tate</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Probably only telecom groupies realize the monumental efforts of the FCC over the past year to reform the $7 billion dollar Universal Service Fund (USF). The effort culminated in a voluminous order focused on the High Cost Fund that was adopted on November 18, 2011. And, while there will certainly be legal challenges to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Job Fairs Virtually Inaccessible to Millions</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/virtual-job-fairs-virtually-inaccessible-to-millions/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/virtual-job-fairs-virtually-inaccessible-to-millions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The One Economy campaign to extend broadband Internet access to every household is all about economic opportunities. The World Wide Web can create untold numbers of business successes, but because access is not yet universal, it can also create some economic refugees. That, I’m afraid, appears to be the case with the trend toward virtual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the Gipper?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/where-is-the-gipper/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/where-is-the-gipper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Taylor Tate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes government reform is actually something else in disguise. I am wondering if that is the case with the recent criticism of Lifeline-Linkup, a program established by Congress and started under the Reagan administration to provide access to communications services for the poorest Americans. Congress and the FCC have long acknowledged the societal and economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detective Broadband: The Nazi Photographer</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/detective-broadband-the-nazi-photographer/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/detective-broadband-the-nazi-photographer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The photo editors of the New York Times last year were given access to an album of images from World War II. The nature of the pictures suggested the photographer was part of the Nazi machinery, but there was no signature, no proof. Who took the photos? Working in concert with the German magazine Der [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Wireless Broadband Is What Consumers Want, U.S. Needs to Close the Digital Divide</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/more-wireless-broadband-is-what-consumers-want-u-s-needs-to-close-the-digital-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/more-wireless-broadband-is-what-consumers-want-u-s-needs-to-close-the-digital-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Susan Crawford is a heroine of mine. Not only is she a distinguished telecom policy scholar, she&#8217;s one of the very few who has focused on the digital divide. Her recent New York Times commentary &#8220;The New Digital Divide&#8221; accurately points out that the nation is at risk if we don&#8217;t close the disparate access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Broadband to Achieve Media Diversity and Equality in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/using-broadband-to-achieve-media-diversity-and-equality-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2012/01/using-broadband-to-achieve-media-diversity-and-equality-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several studies conducted by the Pew Internet &#038; American Life Project last year found that a growing number of minorities are participating in the new digital media culture by using both wired and wireless broadband connections. Minorities have long been marginalized in the analog media sector, and new media platforms have the potential to erase [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>So: What’s Next for T-Mobile?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/so-what%e2%80%99s-next-for-t-mobile/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/so-what%e2%80%99s-next-for-t-mobile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Politic365</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration, in keeping with its pledge to vacate the “let it ride” attitude of the Bush Administration toward antitrust, successfully scared off AT&#38;T’s attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from its parent, Deutsche Telekom AG.  AT&#38;T announced last week that it was withdrawing its bid for America’s fourth largest wireless carrier. Both the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Action Can Make Lifeline Telephone Assistance Stronger, More Effective</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/state-action-can-make-lifeline-telephone-assistance-stronger-more-effective/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/state-action-can-make-lifeline-telephone-assistance-stronger-more-effective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about life without a phone? For most Americans—the 96 percent who have telephone service—it’s a crazy notion. They are unaware of the handicap of doing without. For families who can’t afford a phone, however, the handicap is real. They are isolated from each other in times of need, vulnerable when things [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/state-action-can-make-lifeline-telephone-assistance-stronger-more-effective/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>MMTC Chair Henry Rivera Celebrates 25 Years of Service</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-chair-henry-rivera-celebrates-25-years-of-service/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-chair-henry-rivera-celebrates-25-years-of-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At its 25th birthday celebration, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) honored Chairman Henry Rivera and his quarter century of service to the organization. MMTC might not exist without him. And if it did, it certainly wouldn’t be the same. As one of the original founders, the Honorable Henry Rivera was certainly due for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-chair-henry-rivera-celebrates-25-years-of-service/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>MMTC Commends FCC for Addressing Media Ownership Diversity</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-commends-fcc-for-addressing-media-ownership-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-commends-fcc-for-addressing-media-ownership-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) commends the Federal Communications Commission for addressing diversity of ownership among broadcast licensees. In yesterday’s media ownership rulemaking notice, the Commission specifically seeks comment on an Incubation Plan, proposed by MMTC and supported by 29 national organizations. Under the plan, if a radio broadcaster incubates a new voice, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-commends-fcc-for-addressing-media-ownership-diversity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>FCC Says &#8216;Measuring Broadband America&#8217; Report&#8217;s Success is Improving Broadband Access</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/fcc-says-measuring-broadband-america-reports-success-is-improving-broadband-access/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/fcc-says-measuring-broadband-america-reports-success-is-improving-broadband-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Broadband Breakfast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Joel Gurin, Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the FCC, recapped the success of the “Measuring Broadband America” report in an FCC blog post. Gurin’s post begins with him touting the FCC’s recent successes, including its push to fight bill shock.  From there, he moves on to the FCC’s efforts [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/fcc-says-measuring-broadband-america-reports-success-is-improving-broadband-access/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The New Digital Divide: Skills, Literacy, and the Creative Process</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/the-new-digital-divide-skills-literacy-and-the-creative-process/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/the-new-digital-divide-skills-literacy-and-the-creative-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Access to the Internet through a broadband connection remains an issue in America, as studies have shown. But now the digital divide is being reinterpreted as less about getting to the Web and more about how we use it. With the expansion of wireless broadband and the quick adoption of smartphones and other wireless devices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC Celebrates 25 Years!</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-celebrates-25-years/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-celebrates-25-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends: I hope this note finds you well on this, MMTC’s 25th Birthday – December 18, 2011. On December 17, 1986, the FCC, with no notice, announced a suspension of two of its (then) three minority broadcast ownership policies. The vote was unanimous, which was even more of a wake-up call for those of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top Techie Holiday Gift Ideas</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/top-techie-holiday-gift-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/top-techie-holiday-gift-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re anything like me, you dread the holiday season.  No, it’s not because of those awful fruit cakes that you will inevitably receive or the chore of detangling Christmas lights.  It’s because of the mental torture that one goes through when trying to think of the perfect gift to give a loved one. It’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Industry, Minorities Speak on Online Piracy</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/movie-industry-minorities-speak-on-online-piracy/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/movie-industry-minorities-speak-on-online-piracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory and DeVan Hankerson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate over legislation to prevent online piracy continues to divide the nation. But, major interest groups like the Motion Picture Association of America express their support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently pending in the U.S. House of Representatives, and its sister bill, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Misunderstanding Race and the Digital Divide</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/progressives-race-baiting-and-the-digital-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/progressives-race-baiting-and-the-digital-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Miller Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.” -Pauline Kael What is to blame for digital age inequality?  The digital divide behind door number one?  Or the digital divide behind door number two?  These seem like silly questions.  That’s because they are.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STEM Jobs Are the Future, But What Role Will Minorities Play?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/stem-jobs-are-the-future-but-what-role-will-minorities-play/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/stem-jobs-are-the-future-but-what-role-will-minorities-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Honig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In July, the U.S. Department of Commerce&#8217;s Economic &#38; Statistics Administration (ESA) published an eye-opening report on the status of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers in the United States. The report revealed that there were 7.6 million people working in STEM industries in 2010, representing about 5 percent of all employees nationwide. It [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/stem-jobs-are-the-future-but-what-role-will-minorities-play/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The Digital Divide: How The Math Works</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/the-digital-divide-how-the-math-works/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/the-digital-divide-how-the-math-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeVan Hankerson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 21st century is the digital century. The development of the e-economy is the most well noted difference between this century and the preceding century. Do most citizens participate in the American e-economy? And why is full participation so important? The answer is no and that participation in the U.S.  is divided along socio-economic lines, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Radio Just as Popular as Broadcast Radio</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/internet-radio-just-as-popular-as-broadcast-radio/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/internet-radio-just-as-popular-as-broadcast-radio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiffany Bain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although traditional broadcast radio continues to attract 93.1 percent of the U.S. population, Internet or digital radio proves to be just as widespread, drawing in 43 million weekly users and showing no signs of slowing down, according to Arbitron’s analysis entitled The Infinite Dial 2010: Digital Platforms and the Future of Radio. As popularity of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Incubator&#8217; Proposal Hot Topic in Next FCC Media Ownership Review</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/incubator-proposal-hot-topic-in-next-fcc-media-ownership-review/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/incubator-proposal-hot-topic-in-next-fcc-media-ownership-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacqueline Clary and Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sources say that the FCC is about to seek public comment on a far-reaching proposal to advance minority broadcast ownership. The “Media Incubator” proposal would give a broadcast company an opportunity in some markets to acquire one more radio station than the rules otherwise would allow if the broadcaster makes it possible for a socially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Releases Controversial Report about Planned AT&amp;T/T-Mobile Merger</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/fcc-releases-controversial-report-about-planned-attt-mobile-merger/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/fcc-releases-controversial-report-about-planned-attt-mobile-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The planned AT&#038;T/T-Mobile merger has been met with additional controversy. Although the United States Department of Justice has filed suit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia alleging that the merger violates anti-competition laws, the FCC has recently unveiled a controversial report its staff made about the merger. The report was released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC Statement on Bills to Prevent Online Piracy, S.968 &amp; H.R. 3261</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-statement-on-bills-to-prevent-online-piracy-s-968-h-r-3261/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/12/mmtc-statement-on-bills-to-prevent-online-piracy-s-968-h-r-3261/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MMTC released the following press statement on December 1, 2011. The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC), the nation’s leading advocate for the interests of minorities in communications, recommends the passage of legislation to curtail the theft of intellectual property primarily by foreign websites. The pending bills are the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt’s eRevolution: How Bloggers Changed the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/egypt%e2%80%99s-erevolution-how-bloggers-changed-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/egypt%e2%80%99s-erevolution-how-bloggers-changed-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey C. Holmes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since Egypt’s uprising against its oppressive militant government in recent years, popular Egyptian blog Manal and Alaa’s Bit Bucket has depicted the crackdown on the wave of anti-regime protests. The blog has provided a vivid play-by-play of sorts as Egyptian opposition activists were jailed, beaten, and murdered in the streets during their quest for freedom. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/egypt%e2%80%99s-erevolution-how-bloggers-changed-the-21st-century/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Driving Energy Smart Grid Innovation through Broadband</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/driving-energy-smart-grid-innovation-through-broadband/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/driving-energy-smart-grid-innovation-through-broadband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November’s Broadband Breakfast and panel discussion drew a packed crowd Tuesday morning as industry lawyers, lobbyists and experts filed into Clyde’s to hear from the White House, telecoms, energy management companies and utilities about the challenges and efficiencies that lies ahead with “The Smart Grid and Broadband.” Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor to White House’s Chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Should Pursue Solutions to Make Lifeline an Effcient Job Line</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/fcc-should-pursue-solutions-to-make-lifeline-an-effcient-job-line/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/fcc-should-pursue-solutions-to-make-lifeline-an-effcient-job-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Taylor Tate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve written a lot about the Lifeline-Linkup program which – thankfully and finally – is part of the overall USF Reform being undertaken by the FCC. As a former FCC Commissioner and Federal Joint Board Chair, I had really hoped to start the &#8220;reform&#8221; back in December 2009; however, better late than [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stop Online Piracy Act is Topic of Recent Congressional Hearing</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/stop-online-piracy-act-is-topic-of-recent-congressional-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/stop-online-piracy-act-is-topic-of-recent-congressional-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“I have always stood by artists, and it is for this reason that I want to see the Stop Online Piracy Act become law. The bill is of vital importance to protecting American jobs and artisans, protecting the American consumers from dangerous counterfeits, and ensuring the very vitality of American culture,” said U.S. Rep. John [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Florida Tells the Unemployed, If You Want Benefits, You Have to Go Online</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/florida-tells-the-unemployed-if-you-want-benefits-you-have-to-go-online/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/florida-tells-the-unemployed-if-you-want-benefits-you-have-to-go-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Florida, if you lose your job, you need to get online. The state’s new policy requires anyone seeking unemployment benefits to apply online. This is a cost-saving move — Florida officials estimate it could save taxpayers $4.7 million a year. Going online means there are fewer state employees required to process applications. Florida also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About the Wealth Gap?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/what-about-the-wealth-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/what-about-the-wealth-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, along with the Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration, has recently issued “Exploring the Digital Nation &#8211; Computer and Internet Use at Home,” a report which reflects findings of a survey gauging household broadband Internet adoption rates across the nation. While the study indicates that 70 percent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Kicks Net Neutrality to the Curb – and to the Courts</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/senate-kicks-net-neutrality-to-the-curb-%e2%80%93-and-to-the-courts/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/senate-kicks-net-neutrality-to-the-curb-%e2%80%93-and-to-the-courts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Net neutrality proponents didn’t worry about their Twitter traffic being throttled as they celebrated a recent victory handed to them by the Senate. The chamber rejected a joint resolution that would have repealed net neutrality rules issued last December by the Federal Communications Commission. Net neutrality is a concept based on an open and non-discriminatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Cities: Mayors Can Transition Their Municipalities into Tech Savvy Cities of the Future</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/smart-cities-mayors-can-transition-their-municipalities-into-tech-savvy-cities-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/smart-cities-mayors-can-transition-their-municipalities-into-tech-savvy-cities-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The digital future is nigh and long gone are the days where antiquated methods and ideas are sufficient to run a U.S. city. Mayors must enter 2012 with a big picture vision of the future of their city as a whole and the constituents that comprise that city. They must ensure that they not only [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Democracy Online</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/democracy-online/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/democracy-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Iowa straw poll now well behind us, Americans are ankle deep in the 2012 presidential campaign, and the waters are rising fast. This campaign, like the last, will be a proving ground for innovations in the use of digital communications, social media, and the Web. This investment by the candidates creates unprecedented opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Chair: &#8216;Get Our Broadband Infrastructure Right’</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/fcc-chair-get-our-broadband-infrastructure-right%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/fcc-chair-get-our-broadband-infrastructure-right%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski laid out in recent remarks the regulatory agency’s role in delivering broadband and broadband services to the nation. Delivering probably his most poignant speech on broadband deployment and job growth, Genachowski cited the FCC’s National Broadband Plan. The plan, which was delivered to Congress in March 2010, highlights the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Congress Steps in to Stop Cell Phone Tax Increases that Hurt Minorities and the Poor</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/congress-steps-in-to-stop-cell-phone-tax-increases-that-hurt-minorities-and-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/congress-steps-in-to-stop-cell-phone-tax-increases-that-hurt-minorities-and-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4007</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cell phone use is becoming increasingly ubiquitous across the nation, but regressive taxes on service plans are rendering it difficult for the poor to afford them. Fortunately, there has been much dialogue – and legislation – on this issue as of late. At a recent open forum of the MMTC policy committee, Kim Keenan, general [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>MMTC ENDORSES WIRELESS TAX MORATORIUM</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/mmtc-endorses-wireless-tax-moratorium/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/mmtc-endorses-wireless-tax-moratorium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=4017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following press statement was released by MMTC on November 3, 2011. The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) encourages Congress to enact a five-year moratorium on new state and local taxes on wireless services, devices and broadband access. This week, on a voice vote, the House approved the Wireless Fairness Act (H.R. 1002), which [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NCL: Don’t Let Privacy Concerns Hinder Monitoring of Children’s Online Behavior</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/ncl-don%e2%80%99t-let-privacy-concerns-hinder-monitoring-of-children%e2%80%99s-online-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/ncl-don%e2%80%99t-let-privacy-concerns-hinder-monitoring-of-children%e2%80%99s-online-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=3982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Consumer League (NCL) yesterday unveiled some tips for parents who want to improve how they monitor their children’s social media activities. “Many parents are aware that there is plenty of adult content out there that they don’t want their children to get their hands on. What they may not know is that there [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Broadband, Less Bureaucracy</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/more-broadband-less-bureaucracy/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/11/more-broadband-less-bureaucracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=3969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[City governments nationwide are discovering ways to make their operations work faster by applying broadband technology to city operations and services. Cities that use broadband effectively also enjoy cost savings and enhanced relationships with the citizens they serve. High-speed Internet, once viewed as a luxury, is proving to be a wise investment for municipal governments. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifeline/LinkUp Programs Can Help Strengthen Our Communities</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/lifelinelinkup-programs-can-help-strengthen-our-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/lifelinelinkup-programs-can-help-strengthen-our-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Mallory</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/?p=3955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. “ - Harold Washington, Former Mayor of Chicago For many African Americans, communication has provided a bridge to personal, political, and economic empowerment. Numerous leaders who have fought for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect IP Act: Minorities Who Produce It, Should Get Paid For It</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/protect-ip-act-minorities-who-produce-it-should-get-paid-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/protect-ip-act-minorities-who-produce-it-should-get-paid-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorrissa Griffin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Debate has recently centered on the Protect IP Act of 2011, whose fate currently lies in the Senate. While hardly sensationalistic for the headline of the day, the bill has far-reaching impact if passed: it establishes a system for blocking the domain names of non-U.S. based sites that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has determined [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who Falls Behind When Homework Goes Online?</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/who-falls-behind-when-homework-goes-online/</link>
		<comments>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/who-falls-behind-when-homework-goes-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ava L. Parker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Do your homework,” my mom used to say, and she meant it. My parents insisted that school assignments were a priority for my brothers, sister and me. In our house, homework was serious business. It is serious business for students today, too. Though studies have shown that American schoolchildren in the past have done less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MMTC COMMENDS 4A’S ON NON-DISCRIMINATION MEDIA VENDOR POLICY</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/mmtc-commends-4a%e2%80%99s-on-non-discrimination-media-vendor-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mmtcbbsj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MMTC released the following press statement on October 25. The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) commends the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) for today’s announcement that it has adopted a non-discrimination media vendor policy and complaint review process. This historic achievement will directly combat the invidious “No Urban” and “No Spanish Dictates” that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Universal Service Fund: A Tug of War over Reform and What It Means for Us Today</title>
		<link>http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/10/the-universal-service-fund-a-tug-of-war-over-reform-and-what-it-means-for-us-today-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Latoya Livingston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article concludes our series on USF Reform. It will continue to discuss the ideas and problems discussed during MMTC’s September 12, 2011 policy meeting. The Universal Service Fund is supposed to balance the burdens that it puts on the customers who fund it with the benefits that it grants to the people that it [...]]]></description>
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