The state government has started to institute work requirements for its medicaid program that includes logging work hours online, but broadband coverage in the state is sparse—at best.
This move threatens to leave millions of Americans, particularly from communities of color, without the opportunities that come with connectivity.
Broadband-mapping efforts from both the federal government at large and the FCC have had critical flaws that disproportionately affect rural and minority communities.
The E-Rate program has proven successful in allowing students access to fast Internet speeds, but its future is uncertain.
When EducationSuperHighway was founded in 2012, only five million students had high-speed broadband access. That number has now jumped to 25 million. What is the blueprint to the organization's success?
North Carolina and Tennessee are the latest states to side with telecoms, which have long lobbied against allowing cities to become Internet providers.
Obama hailed the benefits of an open Internet in his State of the Union address. Here’s what it is and how he’s trying to make it happen.
Efforts to bring decent-quality Internet service to out-of-the-way corners of America often founder from private companies claiming they can't handle competition from public utilities.
A federal program to provide phone lines to every cranny of the United States really ought to be focusing on broadband.
If Americans aren't routinely getting the broadband speeds they're being sold, the FCC may change what they're being told.
Universal broadband Internet probably won’t help people find jobs, but it may improve their health outcomes (and music libraries).