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Baltimore City Councilman Zeke Cohen, right, listens to Yashira Valenzuela, an organizer for Students Organizing a Multicultural Open Society (SOMOS) , speak Tuesday outside City Hall during a rally to help students and others have access to more affordable, better quality Internet as they work and attend classes from home. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)
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Comcast, under pressure from politicians and advocates, raises speeds of Internet Essentials service

By PHIL DAVIS Comcast is raising the speeds of its Internet Essentials broadband program next month following pressure from lawmakers and youth advocates to improve the reduced-cost service that families rely …

From left: Aliyah Abid, Yashira Valenzuela-Morillo, and Kimberly Vasquez on Jan. 25, 2021. PHOTO: Kaitlin Newman for Buzzfeed
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A Former Comcast Employee Explains Why Low-Income WiFi Packages Aren’t Helping Students

By Caroline O’Donovan As remote learning dragged on through 2020, the coronavirus pandemic pitted Comcast against an unlikely opponent: a group of teenagers. Since last spring, Baltimore-based student activists have been waging a campaign …

Members of Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society.
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Baltimore City College student activists work to close the digital divide

By Laura Stewart As a member of Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society (SOMOS) at Baltimore City College, Yashira Valenzuela spends most of her time outside of school tackling systemic …

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