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Do you or someone you know need help paying for internet access?
A new government benefit is helping people pay for Internet access. Learn how to apply and how you can help spread the word about the Affordable Connectivity Program.
Advocacy: Unite Against Book Bans
As National Library Week kicks off, the American Library Association has launched a new effort to fight the rising tide of book challenges. The effort, Unite Against Book Bans, is a national initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship.
Advocacy: Airwaves for Equity
We have joined Airwaves for Equity, an alliance of organizations committed to
enhancing digital literacy and adoption in the United States by creating a
Digital Equity Foundation funded by the proceeds from wireless spectrum
auctions. Interested in learning more or getting involved? Endorse this policy
today at airwavesforequity.org.
You May Be Eligible for A Discount on Your Internet Service
You might be eligible for a discount on your internet service through the Affordability Connectivity Program. Learn more and find resources to share.
Maus Book Controversy: Four Ways You Can Take Action
Plenty of people in East Tennessee are livid over a school board’s decision to remove “Maus” from the language arts curriculum. But indiscriminate outrage on TV and social media isn’t helping the local dissenters who are trying to build a better way forward, writes The Rural Assembly’s Whitney Kimball Coe today in The Daily Yonder. Read her story, plus four ways you can take action.
Xandr Brown: As non-violent as MLK was, make no mistake, he was a threat
Every January, folks try to water down the potency of disruption that Martin Luther King Jr. was. Non violent as he was, make no mistake, he was a threat, says Xandr Brown after reading his book “Why We Can’t Wait.” Watch the video and read the transcript.