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Tekle Gebremedhin, an Eritrean immigrant and veteran cab driver in Philadelphia, might not seem like the most obvious activist for broadband policy, a field long dominated by technology wonks. But in the course of a battle for the drivers’ right to form a union, Gebremedhin and his fellow organizers at the Unified Taxi Workers Alliance (UTWA) recognized the vital role of video and the Web in telling their story. As Gebremedhin explains: “We have 3,000 drivers. It’s not easy to communicate with one another.” Internet access in places where drivers congregate, like the train station or the airport, would mean [...]