Time for America to realize that broadband access for everyone will be just as important to American society. Otherwise, we’ll have millions and millions of people who are permanently logged out of daily life.

Today’s uprisings are taking place during a moment of profound unease. The term most often used for this unease — White grievance — does not remotely do it justice.

Civilization has been largely about reducing risk and fear. That was its first excuse and sometimes its only one.