Only One Hand Clapping for FCC Expanded Lifeline Rule for Internet

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

New Orleans   FCC Chairmen Tom Wheeler claimed the decision to expand Lifeline programs from telephones to the internet was a major breakthrough in closing the digital divide. This was a 3-2 decision on party lines. The majority at the FCC claim that this broadening application of the subsidy will “help millions of low-income households connect …

Continue Reading

Modern Politics as Chaos Theory

Ideas and Issues

New Orleans   There is no question that social media is a modern phenomenon in a laundry list of ways. Sometimes it is hard to pull substance away from the spin to determine the differences between its importance as a unique communications tool versus its utility as an organizing tool. For example the self-promoting claims of …

Continue Reading