Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explores the plight of disconnected Americans in her new book, “Digitally Invisible: How the Internet Is Creating the New Underclass.”

Reliable information, telehealth services and social support may be harder to come by for the unconnected. Researchers found the correlation across rural, urban and suburban communities.

Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.

Tribal libraries can be key for using the internet in broadband-scarce communities, but due to a narrow definition of “library,” many have been left out.

South Carolina used some of its CARES Act money to install a wireless network in Allendale, which officials say used to be an internet desert.

The new acting head of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, on net neutrality.

Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on new subsidies to connect low-income Americans to the internet.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel talks improving broadband access, starting with building better maps to show who does and doesn’t have fast internet.

Only about a third of AT&T’s customers have access to high-speed fiber broadband.

Money is flowing into the expansion of 5G networks. What can be done to make sure everyone has access?