Remote Work? Not in a Digital Desert.

• Position: INTERNET ACCESS

As stay-at-home orders spread and millions of workers and students went online to do their jobs or homework assignments, it became clear that the digital playing field was far from level. Digital deserts, where residents have poor or little internet access, are holding rural areas back, educationally and economically. In the long term, advocates hope state lawmakers will push providers to build out their rural networks. Meanwhile, some ISPs, like AT&T...