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Congress cannot sacrifice patient health and access to medical care
Our nation’s health depends on immediate action to ensure that Americans urged to stay home can do so. Households that otherwise cannot afford it must receive access to broadband internet and unlimited telephone use. The Senate will very soon consider a coronavirus stimulus package: it must include an emergency communications benefit. The Senate should act to offer low-income households a $50 monthly benefit to obtain faster speed broadband and unlimited talk and text for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
Op-ed: We cannot afford to wait any longer to save local news (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/19/2020 - 09:19Facebook CEO Zuckerberg criticizes US, President Trump response to COVID-19 (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 10:53Op-ed: Facebook ad boycott is unlikely to solve the problem — a social media standards board would (Hill, The)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 10:20Twitter suspends more than 50 white nationalist accounts (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 17:10Senators Harris, Bennet raise concerns over Facebook's civil rights audit (Hill, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 07/10/2020 - 12:09Coronavirus unveils the digital divide in our education system
The coronavirus has exposed a deeply rooted problem in childhood education that could damage our national economy long after the pandemic subsides. Broadly speaking, that problem is a lack of preparedness for the future. As the private sector grows increasingly digitized with each passing year, many American students lack even a basic understanding of digital technologies, and are becoming less qualified for the thousands of advanced manufacturing jobs that will soon dominate America’s mid-century economy.