{"id":13273,"date":"2015-08-10T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/a-new-lifeline-for-democracy\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T20:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T20:47:00","slug":"ein-neuer-rettungsanker-fur-die-demokratie","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/articles\/a-new-lifeline-for-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ein neuer Rettungsanker f\u00fcr die Demokratie"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13273","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A decades-old federal program that helps low-income families purchase basic telephone service is being modernized in a way that will encourage those families to become more active, better informed citizens.","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":9027}"],"related_issues":[134,136,2065],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Ein Jahrzehnte altes Bundesprogramm, das einkommensschwachen Familien beim Erwerb eines Basistelefondienstes hilft, wird modernisiert, um diese Familien zu ermutigen, aktivere und besser informierte B\u00fcrger zu werden.<\/strong><\/p>

Die Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Lebenslinie<\/a> program is being extended to support broadband services for qualifying families. The change will make it easier for jobseekers to search and apply for jobs online. It will give millions of people access to advances in telemedicine, which will particularly help rural Americans and people who are mobility impaired. School kids also stand to benefit: too many children fall on the wrong side of the “homework gap” -- they have connectivity at school, but lack it at home. For them, completing assignments may mean Camping bei einem Fastfood<\/a> Restaurant. <\/p>

Ein weitgehend \u00fcbersehener Vorteil der Modernisierung von Lifeline ist jedoch ihr Einfluss auf die Demokratie. Die Ver\u00e4nderung wird zu einer reaktionsf\u00e4higeren Regierung, einer besser informierten W\u00e4hlerschaft und einem st\u00e4rkeren Engagement der B\u00fcrger f\u00fchren. Und so funktioniert es:<\/p>