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Broadband’s broken promise: How federal failures and funding fights keep Native and Black farmers offline

by Melissa Dai, Investigate Midwest October 22, 2025February 6, 2026 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

Kelsey Scott fixes a fence on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota in November 2018. photo by Amanda Lucier for The New York Times* While Scott was able to call others for help, nearly 1,700 miles away in Boydton, Virginia, John Boyd could not. The 60-year-old farmer — and founder of the National […]

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Broadband’s broken promise: How federal failures and funding fights keep Native and Black farmers offline

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