The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the latest source of funding to expand broadband across the US. As local, state, and federal government officials weigh how best to allocate $65 billion in resources, we call for a “people over miles” approach that will ensure more Americans have access to broadband at the speed necessary to learn, work, and access vital services.
For Pride Month, Digital Planet investigates the degree to which LGBTQ+ community finds solidarity among STEM fields. Analysis reveals the share of workers who express their identity as or affiliation with the LGBTQ+ community on their resumes is smaller among STEM graduates than college graduates overall. Women in STEM were twice as likely as men to profess an affiliation with the gay community on their resumes. Younger STEM candidates display a higher rate of LGBTQ+ affiliation than their older colleagues but still significantly trailed younger college graduates overall.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the latest source of funding to expand broadband across the US. As local, state, and federal government officials weigh how best to allocate $65 billion in resources, we call for a “people over miles” approach that will ensure more Americans have access to broadband at the speed necessary to learn, work, and access vital services.
Market Watch | Some of the biggest U.S. companies have agreed to third-party racial-equity audits after shareholder pressure that increased amid the Black Lives Matter movement
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Benton | Capital Projects Fund Aids West Virginia’s Billion Dollar Broadband Strategy
Craine’s Chicago Business | Our ambition isn’t just to increase our pool of tech talent. It’s to diversify the sector one hire at a time, writes the chief of Chicago’s Discovery Partners Institute.
Ticketing Business News | Friday marks 100 days since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Business Wire | Migrants are optimistic, technologically savvy and motivated to build a better life
Foreign Policy | Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump Jr. and Republican lawmakers are seeing their follower counts spike, while Democrats’ are on the decline
