Financially struggling Mississippians lacking broadband
02.06.12
Poverty in Mississippi is aggravated by inadequate broadband, especially for African Americans. Read More »
Digital Divide Archives
FCC’s Lifeline survives cuts and aims higher
02.02.12
The FCC resisted conservative efforts to cap its Lifeline program, but took limited steps to extend the program to broadband. Read More »
The Challenge of Broadband and Social Justice
01.30.12
Broadband and Social Justice Summit: spectrum crunch threatens minority mobile broadband gains. Read More »
Civil Rights In The Digital Age
01.19.12
Dr. King's fight for full civil rights would today include online access and skills. Read More »
Digital divide thrives on cultural stereotypes
01.13.12
Low-income urban people are neither ignorant of the Internet nor unmotivated, but they do get inferior service. Read More »
Civil rights group urges federal low-income subsidies for broadband
01.13.12
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights asked the FCC to expand the reach of its Lifeline reform. Read More »
New federal report calls for greatly increased broadband, education investments
01.11.12
A wide-ranging report from Commerce Department cites falling incomes and calls for increased tech investment. Read More »
The digital divide debate continues
01.10.12
Speed Matters explores the debate over bridging the digital divide, from opinions by Barbara Crawford, David Honig and Vint Cerf. Read More »
Top 1 percent at it again, using half of all the world’s mobile bandwidth
01.06.12
A U.K. firm found that the top 1 percent of wireless users worldwide generate half the traffic -- and the percentage is growing. Read More »
Verizon and cable: bad for the country
01.04.12
Verizon's deals with cable companies will not only curtail FiOS build out, but will bring down wages in the industry. Read More »
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