Susan Kennedy
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Digital Equity Ecosystems
COVID-19 has turned the floodlights on digital inequality in rural, tribal, and urban communities across the United States.
Submitted on November 18, 2020
How are digital inclusion coalitions across the country responding to the triple challenges of the pandemic, growing economic inequality, and racial injustice facing poor communities and communities of color across the country without access to broadband internet at home?
While More Americans Rely on Parking Lot Wi-Fi, Many Public Libraries Do Not Have Adequate Broadband
Many digital equity advocates applauded the Federal Communications Commission’s recent clarification explicitly allowing public schools and libraries to let their communities access E-Rate-supported Wi-Fi services while their buildings are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.