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Readers Love Cuddling, and Social Security

by Jamilah King on August 21 2010, 10:00AM

A round-up of some of this week’s best reader-lead conversations.

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Friday Twitter Break: Presidents, Mosques and People We Wish Would Go Away

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 20 2010, 5:16PM

Dr. Laura just won’t quit, and neither will Wyclef.

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Al Franken: Net Neutrality is the Free Speech Issue of Our Time

by Jamilah King on August 20 2010, 3:11PM

Hundreds gather in the Twin Cities and online to put real faces to the debate over broadband access and regulation.

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“Bed Intruder” Rant Earns Dodson Family a New Home

by Jamilah King on August 20 2010, 1:27PM

Antoine Dodon’s still cashing in on his newfound fame.

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House Dems Warn Google-Verizon Deal Will Widen Digital Divide

by Jamilah King on August 17 2010, 12:59PM

FCC was reportedly “very close” to deal that included wireless protections for users.

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Friday Twitter Break: Meet the Brown Twitter Bird

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on August 13 2010, 5:48PM

Because not all black folks Tweet the same.

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Here’s Why the Broadband Debate Matters For You

by Jamilah King on August 13 2010, 2:08PM

Yeah, it’s complicated. But here’s a primer on “net neutrality” and why communities of color should care about it.

Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology

Web Bangs on “EvilGoogle” HQ Door

by Jamilah King on August 12 2010, 6:46PM

As the debate fades in Washington, it’s picking up everywhere else.

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Broadband “Stamps” for the Web’s Poor

by Jamilah King on August 12 2010, 9:04AM

Because why bother with universal access?

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The “Bed Intruder” Video, YouTube Fame and Modern Minstrelsy

by Jamilah King on August 6 2010, 8:05PM

Antoine Dodson is an overnight Web celebrity, but that doesn’t change much about our love affair with minstrelsy.

Topics: Antoine Dodson, Arts & Culture, Technology

Readers React: Tackling Facebook’s Racism (On Facebook)

by Channing Kennedy on August 6 2010, 7:21PM

A round-up of some of this week’s best reader-lead conversations.

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Friday Twitter Break: The Week Kanye West Joined Twitter

by Julianne Hing on August 6 2010, 6:55PM

While Wyclef Jean decided to be president, Naomi Campbell confessed she’s never heard of Liberia and the GOP, well, went on being the GOP.

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Verizon, Google Plot an Internet With Traffic Ghettos

by Jamilah King on August 5 2010, 5:30PM

Open Internet advocates worry Web sources who can’t pay for access will be drowned out—and ask you to tell Google as much.

Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology

Facebook Can Predict Your Ethnicity

by Jamilah King on August 4 2010, 4:28PM

They’re crunching data to figure out a “Washington” surname probably means you’re black—so they can sell you and your friends stuff based on it.

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Friday Twitter Break: Progress Ain’t Quick

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on July 30 2010, 4:38PM

From Arizona to Capitol Hill, it’s been a tough week.

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A Digital Divide Between U.S. and Foreign-Born Latinos, Too

by Jamilah King on July 28 2010, 11:49AM

Cost and service remain the key factors in who gets online and how.

Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology

Friday Twitter Break: Journalism’s Priorities

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on July 23 2010, 12:06PM

From Sherrod to Lindsay Lohan, it’s this week’s best of the shortest.

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Broadband Regulation Lingers in Congress

by Jamilah King on July 14 2010, 5:13PM

The long, wonky debate has real relevance for how low-income Web users get online.

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Blacks and Latinos Phoning Across the Digital Divide

by Jamilah King on July 9 2010, 6:44PM

As web regulation heats up, study shows mobile users are growing, but the broadband gap remains.

Topics: Net Neutrality, Technology

Friday Twitter Break: Arizona Just Can’t Give Racism A Rest

by Julianne Hing on June 4 2010, 5:59PM

What is going on? As if the ongoing BP disaster at the Gulf Coast weren’t enough, Arizona decided it couldn’t let the weekend get started without reminding us exactly how small-minded and backwards it can be. The Onion could not…

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