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Several civil rights leaders have died in the past months. As they pass on, our chances to learn firsthand about their generation and their movement are fewer and fewer. We speak with civil rights activists about the legacy of these leaders.

The FCC will unveil its first plan for national broadband access today. They propose to bring super-fast Internet access to the 100 million homes that don’t currently have access to broadband ? and make that access cheaper for everyone along the way.

The Obama administration has made universal access to broadband Internet a top priority, but a new FCC study says that 31 percent of Americans can’t afford the cost. Should broadband access be treated like a basic necessity and subsidized?

While Americans may be unfamiliar with the 1772 words that make up the most translated document in world history, there are people all around the world who can recite it by heart …