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The digital divide leaves millions at a disadvantage during the coronavirus pandemic

From the Wire March 18, 2020

Unsurprisingly, the internet is playing a critical role in getting the word out to be careful and to help flatten the COVID-19 curve.  Slow or unreliable internet access is a reality for millions of Americans. ben…

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Small Signs: A Protest In Flagstaff, Arizona

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The film— entitled "Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair"— is a sequel to last year's "A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" and runs with the idea that the year 2020 became an "historic turning point" for the world, one in which "the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed, and everyone is essential." (Image: The Leap/The Intercept/Illustration by Moll Crabapple)

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