| Friend,
Even before the pandemic, households across the country were being crushed by billions of dollars of utility debt as people struggled to afford water, power and internet while paying for food, rent and other essentials.
During the pandemic, these households received some relief from Congress. But with those supports expiring, millions in low-income Black and Brown communities — the same people the crisis has most impacted — will be hit with a tidal wave of debt from utility companies.
The Biden administration and Congress must use the infrastructure package to #CancelUtilityDebt, and we need your help to make sure this critical measure is not ignored or watered down to appease the likes of Joe Manchin or the insurrectionist Republican Party. Please donate today to support our fight. Lacking reliable internet access is much more than a simple inconvenience — it makes it harder for millions of people to participate in school, apply for jobs and access essential services like health care and food stamps.
Free Press Action is part of a coalition of hundreds of organizations demanding that the infrastructure package be used to #CancelUtilityDebt. Will you join us? Please donate to support the fight today!
Free Press Action has long argued that the internet is an essential utility. And its inclusion in the demand to #CancelUtilityDebt is a testament to everything our movement has achieved.
Since you’re a Free Press Action supporter, we want to make sure you know that every single thing we accomplish — from changing the conversation about internet access to getting Trump kicked off Twitter, Facebook and YouTube — is thanks to people like you who donate to help us keep up the fight.
Right now, we need your help to make sure the federal government understands the importance of internet access as well as you do, and doesn’t allow millions of households to be crushed by utility debt. Please donate now to help us rise up and ensure that the infrastructure package is used to #CancelUtilityDebt for water, power and internet.
In solidarity,
Heather and the rest of the Free Press Action team
freepress.net P.S. Black and Brown communities disproportionately lack access to affordable and reliable internet services. They have disproportionately borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic devastation it has brought. Ensuring that people can afford these basic utilities is an economic- and racial-justice issue. Congress must #CancelUtilityDebt. Please donate today to support our fight.  |
