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Why Congress Needs to Extend the Affordable Connectivity Program

Virginia Benzan, Senator Ed Markey, and other participants in the ACP press conference in Lynn on February 20. Photo credit: Giselle Barry

In honor of Black History month, I would be remiss if I did not mention that before he passed, the great civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis described access to the internet as the civil rights issue of the 21st century.  Congressman Lewis, as many people today, recognized that without access to the transformational power of the internet, people – especially Black and other people of color – will be left out of opportunities and left behind progress.

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