URGENT: Tell Congress – Say No to Defunding NPR and PBS

Jack,

 

For many communities—especially rural and underserved ones—NPR and PBS are lifelines. Federal funding makes up half or more of the budgets of some local stations. These stations are not only sources of news, but also provide crucial cultural, educational, and emergency services, for example:

• Educational children's shows like Sesame Street
  
• Groundbreaking science and history through Nova and American Experience
• Trusted news from PBS NewsHour
• Programming that tackles mental health and wellness
• Emergency alerts for natural disasters, outages, and public safety issues

 Sign this petition to protect NPR and PBS

To attempt to defund these services is to deprive those living in America—particularly in smaller or more remote communities—access to non-commercial, community-centered media. It is also a direct threat to the First Amendment, which protects the free press from government interference or reprisal. This executive order could and should be challenged on constitutional grounds.

 

Sign this petition to urge House Representatives and U.S. Senators to keep Trump from cutting public media

 

We are urging Congress to:

1. Reject any legislation or attempts to cut federal funding for public media
   
   
2. Speak up and oppose Trump’s executive order and support legal efforts to challenge it
   
   
3. Reaffirm their commitment to a free and independent press as a cornerstone of American democracy

This is a defining moment. Public media must be protected—not dismantled

 

Sign this petition to urge Congress to oppose Trump and stop defunding of NPR and PBS

Sincerely,
Democracy in Color

 

Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612.