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Alarm Bells Ringing On Education Technology Monday, December 28, 2020 The 2020 Netflix movie, The Social Dilemma, explores the growth of social media and the damage it has caused to society. It features interviews with many former executives and professionals from tech companies and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple who sounded the alarm on their industry. The Social Dilemma asserts that tech companies exploit and manipulate their users for financial gai...

"They may have dropped the extension of the payment pause and interest waiver, along with other requests, to try to get the compromise legislation done. It is 5,593 pages long," he adds. If the pause is not extended, student loan borrowers will be required to resume making payments in February 2021, though it appears unlikely that the countrys economy will have fully recovered by then.  Erin Schaff | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump signs H.R. 748, the CARES Act in the Oval Office of t...

>> i hope so. its really up to him. the president in our system is unique, only one person in america back and find something into law and only one person in america can deliver the members of his party to support a deal that he makes. and the speaker and i have tried to engage the president for four and a half years to tackle the issues of our time, unfunded liabilities, our current debt which is stunning, and i think as part o...

looks at global economic woes as new figures show u.s. growth slowing and fresh fiscal troubles abroad. >> brown: betty ann bowser reports on health insurance plans that trade lower premiums for higher out-of-pocket costs. >> we have been so focused on health reform in washington, what we see is a quiet revolution happening in health insurance out in the country. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and two laureates-- poets from the united state...

>> we have been so focused on health reform in washington, what we see is a quiet revolution happening in health insurance out in the country. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and two laureates-- poets from the united states and from britain-- reflect on their public roles. >> to be asked to represent and celebrate 9 thing you love most since childhood is a real privilege and a joy. so ive loved it much, much more than i anticipated. >> woodr...

>> we have been so focused on health reform in washington, what we see is a quiet revolution happening in health insurance out in the country. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and two laureates-- poets from the united states and from britain-- reflect on their public roles. >> to be asked to represent and celebrate 9 thing you love most since childhood is a real privilege and a joy. so ive loved it much, much more than i anticipated. >> woodr...

quiet revolution happening in health insurance out in the country. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and two laureates-- poets from the united states and from britain-- reflect on their public roles. >> to be asked to represent and celebrate 9 thing you love most since childhood is a real privilege and a joy. so ive loved it much, much more than i anticipated. >> woodruff: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. major funding for the pbs newshou...

move on the platform at the pentagon city metro station. a crack on the bridge over the potomac cost up to a 30 minute delay. >> i waited two trance that were jammed packed with people. >> it was frustrating. >> people are down there like -- literally like sardines packed in. you cannot get on the metro because the metro is already full. >> to crack caused a train service on that track to be suspended. the second track -- crack happened across town on the red line. most were resolved b...

stewart and colbert take the stage in d.c. to give voters a little break from the mudslinging and the attack ads. but there is really a serious election going on. weve been counting down the days until the elections. now we can count down the hours and from every indication, its going to be a good day for the republicans and a bad day for dts. look at these numbers. from a new poll, people were asked whether they would vote for a republican or a democrat for congress. they chose republ...

>> susie: attending a college or university-- for many young americans, its a rite of passage before crossing the finish line into adulthood. >> you dont notice how much it actually costs, until you look at books, room and board, tuition, everything. >> tom: the bottom line-- actually paying for that education can be daunting if youre not prepared. >> for me, cost is a very big issue. >> well try to get some financial aid, scholarships, grants. >> tom: tonight, getting ready for the hi...