(New American Media) — Within 24 hours of the shooting of Oscar Grant – an unarmed, 22-year-old African American killed by a white BART police officer on New Year’s Day 2009 – Oakland rap artist Mistah F.A.B. recorded a poignant, heartfelt tribute titled, “My Life.”  F.A.B. recorded the song to “enlighten people to what’s going […]

(New American Media) — The ongoing, often arcane, battle over whether telecommunications companies may slow certain online services and charge fees to speed up others has morphed into a civil rights controversy.  Many of the country’s leading civil rights organizations are siding with the phone and cable companies in their bid to prevent federal regulations […]

(The Grio) — The votes are in. The message is clear. Jobs and economic recovery are of primary concern to voters, and those are the issues that should be front and center to elected leaders. The voters in campaigns across the country focused their discussion on how government and business could restore health to the […]

(CNN International) — Despite widespread increases in use of broadband internet, the Web today still doesn’t accurately represent the racial demographics of America.  That’s the take-away from a report on U.S. broadband adoption, published Monday by the Department of Commerce.  “An African-American household at the same income level and with the same education level as a […]

(AJC) — Georgia has won another cut of stimulus money to spread high-speed Internet and wireless access in underserved areas through three projects. Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced $14.9 million for broadband expansion in rural areas of the state Read More…

(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Another $13 million in stimulus funding is on its way to expand broadband through three projects in rural Georgia. Windstream Corp. received two of the three awards. The first award totals $6.9 million and will be matched with an additional $2.3 million in outside capital. Windstream will extend its broadband network to […]

(Reuters) — The plan would make available 500 megahertz of federal and commercial spectrum over the next 10 years, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Freeing up spectrum would also create jobs by meeting the growing demand for mobile and fixed broadband, spur economic growth and raise funds to build an emergency network for […]

(Rediff) — The Fifth World Telecommunication Development Conference of International Telecommunication Union got underway in Hyderabad with a resolve to push the world community for faster rolling out of broadband connectivity to bridge the digital divide between the developed and developing countries and achieve the millennium development goals of the United Nations. A once-in-four-years meeting […]

(PRNewswire) — BET Networks announced today its submission of a proposal to The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) for a grant under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) which is a part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  BET proposes to increase the adoption of broadband technology amongst African Americans […]