Your socialist neighbor - North Side council runoff brims with culture war overtones
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Candidates for San Antonio City Council District 9 including Erika Moe, and from left, Patrick Von Dohlen and current District 9 City Councilman John Courage participate in the Greater Harmony Hills Neighborhood Association s Candidate Debate Night at Vogt Auction House in San Antonio on April 8, 2021.Lisa Krantz / Staff photographer
City Council member John Courage, a progressive Democrat from the city’s most Republican district, vividly remembers June 25, 2020, when several young Black activists came before the council to protest police brutality and implored white and Hispanic elders on the dais to raise their fists in solidarity.
Ayala: Broadband aid requires a response, San Antonio. This is a test
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In this FILE PHOTO Vanessa Aguilera, IT Manager, hands out laptops to a family during a drive-thru device pick up at the KIPP Academy on West Commerce, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Students from the KIPP Academies in San Antonio were able to pick up the devices on a last minute basis. Remote learning starts on Monday.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News
In its first week, 1 million U.S. households signed up for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program created to help close the digital divide during the coronavirus pandemic.
The key word in the subsidy’s title is “emergency.”
Fiber Broadband Industry Faces Material and Labor Shortages
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A shortage of fiber, chips, other materials and skilled labor could impact the expansion and rollout of new broadband networks.
The fiber broadband industry is buzzing with talk about material and labor shortages just as the U.S. market is set for another spike in buildouts. With billions in federal broadband subsidies starting to become available, ISPs are gearing up to expand existing networks or build new ones in underserved communities.
It’s impossible, however, to build networks without material and hardware, a concern in the U.S. and Europe. COVID-19 certainly compounded the situation. The pandemic shut down electronics manufacturing plants in Asia for months, stopping the flow of goods. But some industry analysts say a strain on fiber broadband–related materials and components was already underway.
Breathtaking and surreal - San Antonio College wins Aspen Prize as top U.S. community college
May 18, 2021
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Christopher Romero, 36, hugs his wife JoAnn Romero, 30, as he celebrates his graduation from San Antonio College in a parade through campus Nov. 21. The Aspen Institute on Tuesday named SAC the top community college in the country.Matthew Busch /For The San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio College was awarded the Aspen Prize on Tuesday and named the top community college in the country, a testament to its demonstrated success in supporting a diverse student body, officials said.
“What this says is that our faculty, staff and students are best in class in the United States, and that San Antonio, Bexar County and our region have the best community college in our nation,” said Mike Flores, chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District.