Helping Latinos Bridge the Digital Divide Through Sensible Policymaking

“Yesterday’s Miami Herald featured an excellent op/ed by Hector Flores of the League of United Latin America Citizens offering a Latino policy perspective on the digital divide. “In 2006, Congress will set out to rewrite the nation’s telecommunications laws,” Flores notes. “And if federal lawmakers get it right, Hispanic Americans, and consumers generally, could have much to celebrate. But if lawmakers misfire, the digital divide could explode into a digital abyss.”…”

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