“Privacy, Security, and Digital Inequality” by Mary Madden is the first in-depth analysis of the privacy and security experiences of low-socioeconomic-status populations in the United States.

Developed nations are pulling ahead of developing nations thanks to technology, says a UN report.

Two decades ago an influential article documented the alarming disparities that existed in access to computers and the Internet between African-Americans and whites (Hoffman and Novak, 1998). Using the latest U.S. Census Bureau/Bureau of Labor Statistics data on computer and Internet access, I find that the “digital divide” has not been bridged and remains as large as it was two decades ago. African-Americans and Latino-Americans are less likely to use the Internet on smart phones, computer, tablets or other devices than are whites. A statistical decomposition analysis reveals that income and education inequalities are the leading causes of the disparities in access to technology. The findings have implications for policies that subsidize broadband to low-income families.

Big Telecom has little interest in expanding to small towns and farmlands, so rural America is building its own solutions.

What it costs to download a website, based on mobile data plans.

America's most innovative schools constantly help teachers learn to use technology. But in many high-poverty schools, the barriers to good teacher training can seem insurmountable.

Pioneering school districts tap an obscure public asset to put broadband into students’ homes.

The role of the library in the digital age has grown thanks to cloud tools.

Pai won't approve new applications, drops court defense of Lifeline broadband order.

Report PDF | Hi-Res Report PDF (Large) UPDATE 3/16: Read AT&T's response to this report and our reply at the Connect Your Community blog. A mapping

From New York City to Chattanooga, district leaders around the United States have stories to tell about the instructional technologies they are ...

It may be the governor. In the State House. With the lobbyists.

DSL and satellite drag down US broadband speeds, new FCC data shows.

With just a little over 2,000 people in western Kansas’ Stanton County, you might be surprised there’s a library in the area. But the Stanton County Public Library is heavily used. If you went there

the Antigonish Movement, 2.0

Across 33 rich countries, only 5% of the population has high computer-related abilities, and only a third of people can complete medium-complexity tasks.

The internet is magic!

Why were no librarians involved in New York's sidewalk Internet-access kiosks?

Our patchwork internet access networks fail millions of Americans. State laws make it worse. The courts don’t help. We need leadership.

Americans fall along a spectrum of preparedness when it comes to using tech tools to pursue learning online, and many are not eager or ready to take the plunge