digital divide

JANUARY 12, 2021 - The National Urban League, working with other civil rights organizations and public policy experts, is unveiling the Lewis Latimer Plan for Digital Equity and Inclusion, a detailed and comprehensive agenda to deploy networks everywhere, connect everyone and use the networks to improve how we deliver essential services for workforce development, healthcare and education. 

We’re accustomed to thinking of our physical, digital, and social infrastructure independently, but in fact they are inherently interconnected. 

Continuing our leadership series hosted by CNN national correspondent Suzanne Malveux, Schaaf reflects on the values driving the hard-hitting decisions she’s facing.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the widening digital divide.

APRIL 24, 2020 - As schools move to distance learning, workers are displaced from their jobs and public services move online, the need for an affordable, reliable broadband connection and productivity technology is even more acute.