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Megan Tady is a blogger and video producer for Free Press, the national nonprofit media reform organization. She writes a monthly InTheseTimes.com column on media issues. Follow her on Twitter: @MegTady.

A former reporter with The NewStandard, she has also written for Alternet.org, The American Prospect, Gotham Gazette, Earth Island Journal, and Toward Freedom.

AT&T Wants to Monopolize Everything

What You Need to Know About the Assault on NPR and PBS

Keeping Up With Community Radio

The End of the Internet as We Know It?

Haiti News Start-Up Challenges Conventional Reconstruction Wisdom

Media, Stop Abusing Female Candidates

Copyright Enragement

USPS to Struggling Publications: Take a Hike

When Journalists Are Attacked, We’re All Wounded

Hate Corporate Radio? Well Speak Up—the FCC Is Listening

Dear N.J. Gov.: Don’t Gut Your Public Media

Still Missing: Women in the Media

The Courts Can’t Take Away Our Internet

Building Better Media

Just Say No to Mega-Media Marriages

Consolidation Station: News ‘Sharing’ Erodes Journalism

Drowning Out the Noise Machine

Will ‘Astroturf’ Groups Block Net Neutrality Reform?

Mr. President, Help Save the News

The Stupidity of ‘Smart’ Phones

Capitol Improvement

If nonprofits are supposed to save journalism, why aren't their reporters allowed into congressional press galleries?

Big Cables Internet Rip-Off

Building A Broadband Bridge that Holds Weight

Washington Reporters Mass Exodus

Offline Youth Struggle in Online World

Millions of Americans Still Crawling With Dial-Up

In South Bend, a Dangerous Media Deal

The $70 Billion Spectrum Rip-Off

As many viewers struggle with the transition to digital TV, commercial broadcasters can look forward to a massive giveaway

Wireless to the People

Whats So Free About Phillys New Wi-Fi Plan?

Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?

Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.

The Military’s Stealth Test

School districts are beginning to keep the results of a dodgy student aptitude test out of the hands of military recruiters

When Protectors Become Predators

Perhaps the greatest danger to endangered species is the Bush administration

Biofuels Are No Cure for Climate Change

Don't judge a climate cure by its color. Give it a rub, and you'll find that the term 'biofuels' is actually obscuring an insidious reality

Justice for Some

Restrictions on federal grants starve the poor of much-needed legal representation.

Feeding the Hungry is a Crime

City councils are cracking down on charity groups that feed the homeless without a permit

Who Does U.S. Food Aid Benefit?

Current policies favor giant shipping companies and agribusinesses over the starving populations they are supposed to serve

Offsets Aren’t Enough

Two environmental groups cave in to Big Coal in Texas.

Sins of Omission

As the FAA seeks to expand air travel, is it giving concerns about aviation's effects on climate change the attention they deserve?

A Win in the Water War

Stockton, Calif., residents have stopped one multinational company from taking over their water system, but other localities remain threatened

The Great Spectrum Giveaway

This October might be the last chance for local community radio stations to receive high-power licenses from the FCC.

Rocking Out To Our Demise

It'll take more than outdoor concerts to stop global warming

The Battle for the Air

The EPA will decide today whether to strengthen its smog standards