Adie Tomer

13th year old student Jayen in her bedroom in front of her laptops during distance virtual school learning amid Coronavirus Pandemic in Broward County, Florida Public Schools. Florida began their experience with online virtual distance learning, amid the growing coronavirus pandemic on March 31, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Bridging the digital divide through digital equity offices

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

July 23, 2020

April 25, 2020, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA: Kitchen staffs preparing meals for frontline workers at Pagu in Cambridge. Pagu is one of the first restaurant partners of Off Their Plate (OTP). OTP is a brainchild of Natalie Guo, Harvard Medical student, providing relief for two hard hit industries, Health care and restaurant industries. OTP, working with World Central Kitchen has expanded in 9 cities, working with more than 50 restaurants and 110 health care facilities across the nation and fundraised 3 million dollars since March. The organization pays restaurant $10 a meal to produce for frontline workers. The National Restaurant Association estimates that 3 million industry employees have already lost their jobs, and restaurants across USA will take a $225 billion sales hit through May . No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

To protect frontline workers during and after COVID-19, we must define who they are

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Big city downtowns are booming, but can their momentum outlast the coronavirus?

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

UNITED STATES - APRIL 3: North Capitol Street and the New York Avenue overpass is pictured during the coronavirus outbreak on Friday, April 3, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus has shown us a world without traffic. Can we sustain it?

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Friday, May 1, 2020

Economy

How COVID-19 will change the nation’s long-term economic trends, according to Brookings Metro scholars

Mark Muro, Tracy Hadden Loh, Martha Ross, Jenny Schuetz, Annelies Goger, Nicole Bateman, William H. Frey, Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Adie Tomer

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

A worker moves part of a delivery of 64 hospital beds from Hillrom to The Mount Sinai Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

How to protect essential workers during COVID-19

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Delta Airlines planes and a British Airways plane (2nd L) are pictured at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, on the day Delta CEO Ed Bastian told employees he was cutting 40% of capacity in the coming months, the largest in the airline's history, in addition to pursuing aid, in SeaTac, Washington, U.S. March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

We should bail out airlines during the coronavirus pandemic—but on taxpayers’ terms

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Digital access

Digital prosperity: How broadband can deliver health and equity to all communities

Adie Tomer, Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, and Bill Callahan

February 27, 2020

Amtrak track workers work inside the tunnel at New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, U.S. July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1500696CA0

To fix our infrastructure, Washington needs to start from scratch

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

December 4, 2019

smart city

Artificial intelligence in America’s digital city

Tuesday, July 30, 2019