Thursday, November 16, 2017

Closing Detroit's Digital Divide

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE's new daily podcast, we delve into the biggest news of the day and give you a rundown of the stories we're reading, working on, and fascinated with.

Today we discuss the major headlines before hearing from the organizations working to close Detroit's digital divide. VICE's Ankita Rao traveled to the city to report on its unequal access to high-speed internet, where roughly 40 percent of residents can't get online, and spoke with organizers of the Equitable Internet Initiative who are fighting against digital classism.

For more on Ankita's story, check out the full documentary:

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