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America’s digital divide is even more urgent during the pandemic

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.