Bridging the Digital Divide

I think that the digital divide is growing.  There are several examples of this in this country as well as worldwide. 
In this country the gap between income is an example of this.  The rich are getting richer while it is more difficult for the lower income people in this country to achieve the American Dream.  As gaps in income have increased, fewer and fewer people are able to purchase luxuries such as home computers and internet access.  This is evidenced by the number of people looing for jobs without the aid of the internet.  Another example of how great the digital divide still is are the number of programs, in this country alone, that work to give access to the lower income population. If the digital divide in this country alone was shrinking, then the need for those programs would be shrinking instead of growing.
An example of the still enormous digital divide worldwide is the lack of access to basic needs...clean water, regular food source etc shows that internet access isn't the top priority for a majority of the world. The lack of awareness demonstrated by those who feel that the digital divide isn't growing is astounding.  If the digital divide were truly shrinking then tribes in Africa would have computers and access the internet in order to sell the goods they make.  It is true that there are tribes in places of the world that are able to accomplish this through specific programs designed to shrink the digital divide, but those programs have not touched nearly as many tribal peoples as they would need to in order to truly shrink the digital divide instead of just give the appearance of shrinking the digital divide. 
I think that we still have a long way to go in order to begin shrinking the digital divide that is still a worldwide issue as well as in our own country.