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Photo: Getty Images North America A program designed to expand internet access for rural and Black communities in Georgia was killed amid funding cuts led by Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Digital Equity Capacity Program was a federal grant that aimed to provide high-speed internet access to rural and low-income communities, with $22 […]

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[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

I truly hate any time a government program is specifically targeted at a race. It makes that race sound weak, and it sounds racist in targeting race rather than circumstance.