Economy
Bringing Broadband to Kids Who Really Need It
A White House initiative to bring broadband to low-income students could help free up community-based services everywhere.
The Internet, it might be said, is a web of new languages: Source codes, slang words, memes, and more. These discourses are rapidly evolving.
But in the U.S. alone, there are millions who’ve scarcely had the chance at basic Internet literacy. This is largely a class divide: Out of the 20 percent of Americans who do not use the Internet, four out of five live below the poverty line. Children living in low-income households are particularly affected, as they lack the benefits that technology provides to their after-school studies.