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The Infrastructure Success Story in Chattanooga

by Jonathan Gruber and Andy Berke June 17, 2021

Some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world come from this Tennessee city’s public network. It could be replicated across the country.

Economic Policy

Biden Proposes Government Actually Try to Create Broadband Competition

by Christopher Mitchell and Sean Gonsalves April 23, 2021

The broadband proposal in the American Jobs Act prioritizes allowing utilities and co-ops to provide a public option to compete with telecom monopolies. This would be a critical step.

Health and Social Policy

The Digital Divide Pushed My Dad’s Life to the Brink

by Tasmiha Khan March 31, 2021

As public benefits migrate online, senior citizens are being left behind.

Economic Policy

Universal Broadband, Now More Than Ever

by Daniel A. Hanley October 2, 2020

Like electricity, broadband is an essential utility that everyone should have access to.

Books, Arts and Culture

FCC’s Proposed Lifeline Restructuring Only Exacerbates the Digital Divide

by Fiona Redmond August 6, 2018

At a House hearing regarding expanding broadband internet access across the country on July 25, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that closing the “digital divide” was a “top priority” during his tenure as chairman. If that’s the case, then he certainly has a surprising approach to doing so. In November 2017, the Republican-dominated […]

Education in America

Urban Institute Study Finds Millions of Americans Live in Higher Education Deserts

by Katie Pickrell February 27, 2018

Millions of American adults cannot access any type of higher education based on their location, according to a new study from the Urban Institute. Released last month, the report found that 3.1 million Americans, at least 1.3 percent of the adult population, live in a complete education desert: They have no public university available within […]