Letters

Letters

 

May 15

Leadership Conference Affordable Connectivity Program Support Letter

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May 15

Petition for Rulemaking to Establish New Content Vendor Diversity Report, MB Docket No. 22-209

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May 1

Letter to President Biden on Anna Gomez for FCC Candidate

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April 18

Leadership Conference Letter on Judicial Ethics-April 2023

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March 28

Letter to Oppose H.R. 734 to Protect Civil Rights-March 2023

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March 27

Letter for Support the Rights of All Students and Parents Support H.Res. 219, Oppose H.R. 5-March 2023

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March 22

Letter to Chair Khan on Harmful and Deceptive Practices at Twitter- March 2023

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March 22

NTIA Privacy, Equity, and Civil Rights Request for Comment-March 2023

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March 22

Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Reply Letter-February 2023

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March 22

NHMC FCC Digital Discrimination Comments – February 2023

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March 21

Comments on the 2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules to Chairwoman Khan-March 2023

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January 23

Leadership Conference: Support the Creation of a Civil Rights Office at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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January 23

Change the Terms: Letter to Zuckerberg

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January 12

Letter: President Biden – Latino FCC Nomination

January 2, 2023 Read the Letter Here:

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June 29

FTC Letter of Thanks from the SLDC

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March 3

SumOfUs Letter to Platforms Regarding Russian Disinformation

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook/Meta Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook/Meta Nick Clegg, Vice President, Facebook/Meta Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google Parag Agrawal, CEO, Twitter Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube Tim Cook, CEO, Apple Shou Zi Chew, CEO, TikTok Pavel Durov, Founder, Telegram We, Ukrainians and all citizens of the world, demand Big Tech stop enabling Russian propaganda and disinformation. […]

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February 11

UV Letter: Political Coverage of SCOTUS Nomination

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January 18

Confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya as Commissioner of Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

 

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November 17

NHMC Support of Jessica Rosenworcel for FCC Commissioner

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November 8

LETTER: AT&T /DIRECTV – OANN Letter

November 8, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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November 5

Letter To Mark Zuckerberg – Spanish Language Disinformation

November 5, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Facebook Board of Directors Facebook Inc. 1602 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025   Dear Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook Board of Directors,   On behalf of the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition (SLDC), which is led by […]

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October 18

LETTER: FTC Privacy Rulemaking Sign On Letter

October 18, 2021 Letter to FTC on Privacy Rulemaking Fill out this form to sign on to this organizational sign-on letter. Text of the letter is below. This sign-on letter is being organized by Free Press. Please contact cscurato@freepress.net with questions. ————————————————————————————————————————— Re: Civil Rights and Privacy Rulemaking Dear Chair Khan, We, the undersigned organizations, […]

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September 22

LETTER: Coalition Letter Supporting FTC Privacy Funding

September 22, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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September 16

LETTER: Device Vouchers in Reconciliation

September 16, 2021 Read the Letter Here: Device Vouchers in Reconciliation The Honorable Maria Cantwell, Chair The Honorable Roger Wicker, Ranking Member U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Wicker, Without a computer or tablet, more than 11% of consumers across the […]

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September 2

LETTER: Letter to Senate and House Agriculture Committees for Puerto Rico nutrition (NAP to SNAP)

September 2, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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September 1

LETTER: Make Temporary Expansions of the CTC and EITC Permanent

September 1, 2021 Sign-On: Make Temporary Expansions of the CTC and EITC Permanent DEADLINE TO SIGN ON IS EOD Friday, September 3rd. TEXT OF LETTER: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect civil and human rights in […]

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August 31

LETTER: Letter to Platforms Regarding Disinformation for the CA Recall Election

August 31, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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August 31

NHMC joins justice groups in demanding TikTok address hate speech

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August 30

LETTER: Halting Deportation Flights to Haiti

August 30, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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August 18

LETTER: Petition for Inquiry into History of Systemic Racism in FCC Policy and Licensing

August 18, 2021 Read the Letter Here:

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August 9

Letter to President Biden Regarding FCC Seat

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June 14

Open Letter to Facebook: Keep Trump Off Facebook

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June 4

LETTER: Asking Congress for EBB Provider Flexibility

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June 3

LETTER: Civil Rights Concerns Regarding Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology

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June 1

LETTER: Restore Certainty to the 2020 Census Timeline

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May 27

Letter to Congress urging Civil Rights Enforcement is a high priority and funded more substantially in the FY 2022 appropriations cycle

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April 18

Civil Rights Principles for Student Loan Debt Cancellation

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April 14

LETTER: ISO AB 587 (Gabriel) Social Media Transparency

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April 7

A Letter to Twitter + Facebook on the Enabling of Dictators and Authoritarian Rule

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April 6

Broadband Subsidy Letter

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April 5

Rescue Plan E-Rate Comments

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March 29

2020 Civil Rights Principles and the FTC Nominations

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March 25

Letter for the Record, E&C Tech CEO Hearing

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March 25

LETTER FOR THE RECORD: Hearing “DISINFORMATION NATION: SOCIAL MEDIA’S ROLE IN PROMOTING EXTREMISM AND MISINFORMATION”

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March 22

Ban Surveillance Advertising: Coalition Letter

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March 10

ACRE letter directed at Susan Wojcicki (Youtube)

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February 25

Letter: Support the Confirmation Of Kristen Clarke To Be Assistant Attorney General For Civil Rights

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February 25

Letter: Support the Confirmation Of Vanita Gupta To Be Associate Attorney General Of the United States

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February 25

Letter: Support for Xavier Becerra’s Confirmation to be HHS Secretary

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February 24

LETTER for the Record: House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing, “Fanning The Flames: Disinformation And Extremism In The Media”

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February 23

Letter in Support of the Confirmation of Miguel Cardona to be U.S. Secretary of Education

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February 23

Letter of Support for DOJ Nominee Garland

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February 23

PUBLIC COMMENT: Facebook’s Suspension of Donald J. Trump

This week, NHMC submitted comments to the Facebook Oversight Board to uphold its rightful suspension of Donald J. Trump’s Facebook account.

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February 23

Letter: Civil Rights Principles for Covid-19 Vaccine Development and Distribution

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February 23

Letter: Calling on Facebook to De-Platform Taylor Greene

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February 18

LETTER: Urge the Speedy Nomination and Confirmation of a Fifth Commissioner to the Federal Communications Commission in the New Administration

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February 18

LETTER: Permanent Protection for Undocumented Essential Workers and their Families, Dreamers, and TPSers in Economic Recovery

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February 1

LETTER: Inquiry Concerning Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, Docket No. 20-269

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January 22

REPLY COMMENTS: Leadership Conference Incarcerated Communications

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January 11

LETTER: GOP leadership to ban supporters of QAnon and white supremacist ideology from committee assignments

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November 17

Facebook’s Spanish Language Disinformation Gap

Despite repeated efforts by the undersigned groups to alert you of this issue throughout this election cycle, Facebook did very little to curb Spanish-language disinformation campaigns attempting to influence and divide Latinx voters. As disinformation campaigns continue to proliferate post-election, we urgently implore you to address this ongoing issue.

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September 22

LETTER: Facebook’s complacency in organized hate is killing our communities.

To truly protect the privacy, civil rights, and dignity of the Latinx community, it is paramount that Facebook take meaningful action to ensure that those who are designing and making life-altering decisions behind the scenes mirror the audiences who are most served and impacted by Facebook’s products.

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July 15

LETTER: Congress Should Cancel Student Debt (COVID19)

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July 8

LETTER: Low-income Broadband Access Letter to Senators

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July 2

Letter: NHMC Urges Speaker Nancy Pelosi & Majority Leader Mitchell McConnell to Investigate Disappearance of Vanessa Guillen and Gregory Morales

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July 1

Non-profit SHFP Letter to Facebook Oversight Board

Despite Facebook’s huge profits, the company has repeatedly failed to stop the spread of hate and disinformation across all its products.

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June 4

LETTER: The Latinx Community Stands with Black Lives Matter

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August 28

NHMC Signs Letter Opposing Kavanaugh’s Confirmation

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August 2

NHMC Joins Leadership Conference’s Ask to Remove the Proposed Citizenship Question from the 2020 Census

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July 2

NHMC Joins Organizations and Academics Requesting FCC to Pause the Rulemaking to Alter Requirements Under the Children’s Television Act

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May 30

NHMC Joins Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Groups Requesting Full Release of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Race Paper”

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May 30

NHMC Supports Retaining Small License Areas with Short Term Renewals in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service Spectrum Band

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April 23

NHMC Reiterates Its Support for California Senate Bill 822

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April 17

NHMC Supports Senator Wiener’s Efforts to Reinstate Net Neutrality in California

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April 16

NHMC Joins Over 60 Civil and Human Rights Groups in a Letter Stating that Sentencing Fixes Must Be Included in Prison Reform

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April 16

NHMC Joins Over 300 Civil Rights, Faith, and Labor Leaders to Demand Oversight on Census Citizenship Question

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April 12

NHMC Supports California’s Strong Net Neutrality Bill

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March 16

03.16.18 NHMC Letter Urging Congress to Terminate the Extreme Vetting Initiative

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November 16

NHMC Joins Coalition in Opposition to the Dept. of Homeland Security's Dangerous and Discriminatory Extreme Vetting Initiative

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November 14

Letter: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket No. 17-84

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November 14

NHMC Files Comments on the FEC's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Internet Political Ad Disclaimers

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November 9

Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, WC Docket No. 17-84

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November 8

Lifeline Letter to FCC, Filed November 8, 2017

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November 7

NHMC Joins Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights & Other Civil Rights Groups in a Letter to the FCC Regarding Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability

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October 31

19 Civil Rights Groups Join Together Against Facebook's Inadequate Response to Hate Speech & Bigotry

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October 31

NHMC Joins National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) & Partner Organizations in a Letter to AT&T

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October 13

Letter to FCC Chairman Pai 10.13.17

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October 13

We are the leaders we have been waiting for.​

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October 6

FCC Must Aid Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands with More Proactive Steps to Restore Communications

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October 4

Letter to Kevin de León & Anthony Rendon on California Broadband Privacy Act, A.B. 375

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October 3

NHMC Joins 46 Groups in Letter to State Department Opposing Administration's Extreme Vetting Information Collection

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September 25

NHMC Joins the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & 234 Organizations To Oppose the Graham-Cassidy Plan

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September 25

NHMC Urges the FCC to Do An Honest Assessment of Americans’ Access to Broadband

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September 21

Senators Support NHMC’s Motion Calling for Public Review and Comment on Open Internet Complaints in FCC’s Net Neutrality Proceeding

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September 14

NHMC Joins the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Along with More than 30 Advocacy Organizations In Letter To Protect Lifeline

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September 11

NHMC FOIA Request 4 – FINAL 05.17.17

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September 11

NHMC FOIA Request 3 – FINAL 05.17.17

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September 11

NHMC FOIA Request 2 – FINAL 05.05.17

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September 11

NHMC FOIA Request 1 – 05.01.17

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September 7

NHMC Makes Recommendations to Strengthen Civil Rights Protections in LAPD’s Body Worn Camera Policy

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September 7

NHMC Joins an Amicus Letter to Oppose the NYPD’s Operations Order on Body Worn Cameras

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September 7

NHMC Urges FCC to Preserve Requirement that Stations File Diversity Data

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August 16

NHMC Opposes FCC Proposals to Reduce Station Ownership Reporting and Public Inspection File Requirements

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June 6

NHMC Joins 99 Civil Rights Groups in Urging President Trump To Protect the Civil and Human Rights of All Americans

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March 14

NHMC Asks Senate to Carefully Review Alex Acosta’s Labor Nomination

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March 10

NHMC Questions Potentially Intrusive DHS Practices

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March 10

NHMC Urges White House to Respond to Hate Incidents

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March 7

RELEASE: National Hispanic Media Coalition Urges FCC and Congress to Protect Net Neutrality and the Open Internet

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February 15

NHMC Opposes Neil Gorsuch’s Nomination to Supreme Court

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January 31

NHMC Asks Congress to Protect Consumer Privacy

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January 23

NHMC Urges Senate Leaders to Oppose Consumer-Harming Legislation

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January 23

NHMC Asks President Trump to Preserve DACA

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January 23

NHMC Joins Opposition to Senator Sessions’ AG Appointment

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January 13

NHMC Asks FCC to Prioritize Key Consumer Protections

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October 17

NHMC Urges FCC To Adopt Important Consumer Protections

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September 27

NHMC Signs Letter to Debate Moderators to Discuss Broadband

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August 25

NHMC Joins Public Knowledge and Consumer Groups in Bringing Attention to the FCC the Danger of DSRC

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July 25

NHMC Joins Public Interest Advocates in Asking FCC to Increase Ownership Diversity

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June 22

NHMC Asks Congress to Defend Lifeline

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January 19

NHMC Asks FCC to Open Up Set-top Box Competition

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March 25

NHMC Joined Letter Supporting FCC, FTC Dual Oversight Authority

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July 14

Open Letter to Latino Community Urging Support for Real Network Neutrality

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March 21

Letter to the FCC to Protect Consumers and the Open Internet, in the Wake of Verizon vs FCC

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November 20

NHMC, Civil Rights Groups Tell FCC That Changing Media Ownership Rules Is 'Premature'

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November 20

NHMC & Other Civil Rights Orgs Urge FCC to Seek Comment on New Media Ownership Data

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November 19

NHMC & MAG-Net ask FCC to Reconsider Relaxing Media Ownership Rules

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September 21

NHMC, UCC OC Inc. Urge FCC To Consider Diversity When Designing Spectrum Auctions

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September 19

ACLU, NHMC And Others Support Update Of Key Privacy Law

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March 9

NHMC submits report on Latino mobile phone usage to the FCC

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October 5

NHMC Sends Support For CPUC Commissioner Sandoval

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September 6

NHMC Commends The FCC For Making Room For Community Radio

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September 1

NHMC Urges FCC To Remove Barriers And Improve Enrollment For Lifeline Program

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August 26

NHMC Signs On To Letter Urging FCC To Make Phone Subsidies More Inclusive

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July 12

NHMC Praises FCC For Implementing The Local Community Radio Act

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April 22

NHMC Joins Others to Urge the FCC to Broaden the Reach of Broadband Access

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February 2

NHMC Joins Other Major Organizations and Respected Academics, Asks the FCC to Make Form 323 Ownership Information Available to the Public in a Meaningful Way

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October 29

Immigrant Rights Groups Ask the FCC to Protect Civic Engagement Over Cell Phones

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October 21

Over Three Dozen Diverse Organizations Urge the FCC to Reinstate Collection of Equal Employment Opportunity Data

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August 12

NHMC Tells FCC Chairman that the Verizon-Google Net Neutrality Proposal Is Not Sufficient to Protect the Open Internet

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