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Viewpoint: Throw the Neediest a Modernized Lifeline
Updating key federal telecom program would narrow digital divide.
Prevent the Homework Gap from Turning Into an Educational Sinkhole
IIA’s Kim Keenan and Common Sense Media’s Amina Fazlullah highlight the need to act now to prevent the homework gap from becoming an educational sinkhole for a generation of children.
It’s Time to Shore up the Universal Service Fund So It Can Live up to Its Name
Congress needs to create a solution that reflects how Americans actually use telecommunications services rather than how we once did.
Americans Are Voting for Broadband
For most of us, it’s hard to imagine having spent the last six months without access to reliable, high-speed broadband internet. But for at least 18 million Americans, that’s been their everyday reality – limited options for staying in touch with family and friends, lost work opportunities, no connectivity for distance learning and no way to benefit from telehealth visits.
America’s Digitally Powered Racial Awakening
Whether you live on a reservation or in the middle of a crowded city, the need to share the reality of our human experience has never been more relevant or urgent. The internet is enabling this like no generation before; empathy and understanding are finally within reach.
Pandemic Shows Why All Americans Need Broadband Access
We have come to realize that, for our national well-being, the internet must be available and affordable to all.
Bridging the Digital Divide has Never Been More Critical
As Americans continue to persevere through the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously confronting a deep recession and persistent social injustice, we need to come to grips with one of the challenges these convergent crises have brought into bold relief: the digital divide.
Increase Broadband Access for Americans In Need
With more Americans than ever working and learning from home, the necessity of having a broadband connection is underscored, and one of the biggest flaws of our communications infrastructure is revealed: It doesn’t reach everyone.
Congress should make sure telemedicine is here to stay
The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying relaxation of regulatory barriers has occasioned an explosion in telemedicine use, vaulting it to the center of health care delivery.
All of America’s Kids Should Have Access to the Virtual Classroom
The “homework gap” affects about 12 million children of school age across the country who lack broadband connectivity in their homes. The culprit is a combination of a lack of access to a broadband connection (especially for those in rural areas) and a lack of adoption (primarily among low-income families in more urban and suburban areas).
School’s Out: A COVID-19 Lesson
We’re progressing from a homework gap to a full-on education gap.