America’s digital divide is even more urgent during the pandemic
From Zoom calls with middle school teachers to ordering grocery delivery online, much of daily life during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States is now digital. Low-income residents in both rural and urban areas, groups both likely to be impacted by the so-called digital divide, are facing its consequences more strongly than ever. Schools, public libraries, and many workplaces, once a free source of internet access, are shut down.