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Lifeline: Integral for Access
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a huge step towards closing the digital divide. The agency voted to begin modernizing the Lifeline program to connect low-income households to the Internet. Lifeline, established by the Reagan Administration in 1985, originally helped make landline telephone service affordable for low-income households. In 2008, the FCC reformed Lifeline to allow subsidies for mobile telephones. Currently, qualifying households are eligible for a $9.25 subsidy.
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Opinion Analysis: Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission
Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the right of the people to find creative policy solutions to end congressional gerrymandering.
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We still need the Voting Rights Act
When the Voting Rights Act was in full force, the federal government could prevent states from erecting these kinds of barriers to the ballot box. Now, thousands of people are unable to vote because of one Supreme Court decision.
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Common Causers to Rally for Voting Rights in Roanoke
Common Cause activists will be among hundreds of citizens gathering in Roanoke, VA’s Elmwood Park on Thursday to urge Rep. Bob Goodlatte – and all members of Congress – to restore the federal Voting Rights Act to full strength.
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FEC: Stop Fighting About The Law And Enforce It
In a moment described as a “new low” for an already dysfunctional agency, commissioners of the Federal Election Commission escalated their partisan bickering during a two hour public meeting on Thursday.
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Tragedy in Charleston
« Nous nous joignons à nos compatriotes de Caroline du Sud et aux Américains de bonne volonté du monde entier pour pleurer le meurtre insensé de notre ami, le révérend Clementa C. Pinckney, et de huit autres fidèles à l'église AME Emanuel de Charleston, mercredi. Nos cœurs sont brisés pour les familles des disparus, la communauté de Charleston et la nation.
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Common Cause pleure les fusillades de Charleston
« Nous nous joignons à nos compatriotes de Caroline du Sud et aux Américains de bonne volonté du monde entier pour pleurer le meurtre insensé de notre ami, le révérend Clementa C. Pinckney, et de huit autres fidèles à l'église AME Emanuel de Charleston, mercredi. Nos cœurs sont brisés pour les familles des disparus, la communauté de Charleston et la nation.
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Misrepresenting the People’s Will
Americans want the Internet to remain free and open. The Appropriations Committee’s majority has demonstrated just how out of touch it is with the nation.
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The Dream (Nightmare) Comes True: Corporations are People!
Bowing to the inevitable, the Federal Election Commission unveiled new guidelines this morning that would allow corporations to seek public office.
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America’s Journey for Justice
Just steps away from where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. vividly called for racial equality more than 50 years ago, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) led a broad, diverse coalition of grassroots labor, environmental, and democracy groups on Monday in a new call for justice.
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Broadband For All
Net neutrality rules that would keep the Internet open, and all data treated equally, are set to take effect on Friday, but some in Congress are still trying to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s historic decision to protect the Open Internet.
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Common Cause Urges ‘Deliberate, Transparent Process’ for Review of Trade Deal
With the House of Representatives preparing to vote on President Obama’s request for special “fast track” authority to finalize a massive international trade agreement, Common Cause cautioned members of Congress today to insist on a deliberate, transparent process for review of the deal.
