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Homework is much harder when you can't get online at home

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 4, 2019
What it's like to try to graduate high school without easy internet access.
Larry Brown gets online at the library or a friend’s house when he needs a good connection, bigger screen and keyboard to do homework. Like many New Orleans students, he doesn’t have internet service at home.
Jess Clark/New Orleans Public Radio
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A Baltimore teen learns 3D printing through after-school technology workshops

by Molly Wood
Mar 12, 2019
Closing the digital divide, one kid at a time.
Matt Purdy/Marketplace
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Does free lunch at tech companies hurt local business?

by Molly Wood
Aug 1, 2018
A proposed law in San Francisco could keep tech companies from offering free food … will it also help bridge the divide between tech workers and the rest of the city?
An employee sits in the cafeteria of Google's Washington headquarters, Jan. 8, 2015 in Washington, D.C. 
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William Gibson on tech, money and access

by Molly Wood
Sep 6, 2017
We chatted with legendary science fiction author, William Gibson, on the consequences of technology not being evenly distributed.
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