Labor

In the next job market downturn—whether it's already starting or years away—there just might be a bloodbath

In 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which included $42.45 billion committed to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.

The Federal Communications Commission approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of Paramount Global and its subsidiaries, including the ultimate parent company of the CBS network of owned and operated broadcast television stations, by granting a series of applications that transfer FCC licenses and authorizations.

This study aims to systematically evaluate how the urban digital economy influences the decision-making process of labor migration across regions. By matching individual migration data of intercity movements during 2012–2016 from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey conducted between 2013 and 2017 with the urban digital economy level and incorporating sampling data from the 2010 and 2015 population censuses, we construct a bidirectional flow analysis framework to identify the transmission pathways through which the urban digital economy influences population reallocation.

T-Mobile is the latest in a string of corporations to retreat from their diversity, equity and inclusion programs while the Federal Communications Commission reviews the companies’ proposed mergers or acquisitions.

T-Mobile is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to get two big deals OK’d by regulators. In a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, T-Mobile said it will end its DEI programs as it seeks regulatory approval for its UScellular and MetroNet transactions.

 It is time to unleash new growth and opportunity.  It is time to build.  And that is what I am here today—to outline my vision for doing just that through the Federal Communications Commission’s Build America Agenda. Our Build America Agenda will focus on delivering on a number of core objectives.  We will unleash high-speed infrastructure builds.  We will restore America’s leadership in wireless.  We will boost the U.S. space economy.  We will advance our national security.  And we will strengthen America’s tower and telecom workforce.

Launched in 2024 by the MassHire Metro North Workforce Board and powered by a grant from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI), the Digital Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Consortium is bringing together 22 community partner organizations across 40 cities and towns to close the digital divide—and open pathways to economic mobility. What makes the Digital JEDI Consortium unique isn’t just its scale.

The Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) published a Notice of Funding Availability requesting applications for the Building the Texas Broadband Workforce Grant Program. The program makes $25 million in grant funding available for successful applicants to build or expand accessible educational opportunities to grow a skilled and robust Texas broadband workforce. To learn more about the program, visit the Electronic State Business Daily posting. Clarifying questions will be accepted through June 30, and applications will be accepted no later than July 31.

As the governments of the West pivot away from regulating the world’s newest technology, the world’s oldest institution wants to step in. In his first official address to cardinals, Pope Leo XIV made curtailing the risks of runaway artificial intelligence a defining mission of his pontificate. The new pope warned of the dangers AI poses to “human dignity, justice and labor.” For the Vatican, AI and technology aren’t just side interests.