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https://i0.wp.com/baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/200526_73-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=125601707Lead by student group Students Organizing a Multicultural and Open Society (SOMOS), Baltimore City Public Schools students held a socially-distanced press conference in front of City Hall on May 26. They demanded internet service provider Comcast make high speed internet access available to students across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. “In Baltimore alone, 40.7% […]