Top 10 Broadband & Society Stories of 2019

High-Performance Broadband delivers opportunities and strengthens communities. In the Digital Age, open, affordable, robust broadband is the key to all of us reaching for — and achieving — the American Dream. But since the mid-1990s, the U.S. has struggled with a persistent dilemma called the digital divide — the unfortunate reality that for too many people, meaningful connectivity is out of reach. As we head toward a new decade, America encounters three interlocking digital divide challenges: 1) Closing the Geographic Divide; 2) Harnessing Competition, and; 3) Boosting Affordability & Adoption. Policymakers must understand the complexity of these challenges; confronting these divides requires bold leadership and informed solutions. Every day, we at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society send out our Headlines newsletter—the only free, reliable, and non-partisan daily digest of media and communications news. [Subscribe] But which stories humanized the issue, provided new perspectives on important debates, reached new audiences, and made the important connection between broadband policy and wider societal challenges? Our Top Ten...