Republicans Flip-Flop on Unemployment Benefits

Republicans Flip-Flop on Unemployment Benefits

COVID-19 vaccination politics have entered a new era of ridiculousness. Irony abounds on both sides of the aisle, but lately Republicans have stepped too far by reversing themselves on the use of unemployment benefits. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed HF902 on...
Social-Media Critics Ignore Faces of Unemployment

Social-Media Critics Ignore Faces of Unemployment

I hopped atop my trusty Facebook steed a few weeks ago and began (another) Paul Revere-style ride, making my latest proclamation. It seems like the number of folks who still follow me is in single digits at this point. Between gun violence, racial injustice, people...
While News May Be Bleak, Don’t Despair

While News May Be Bleak, Don’t Despair

Kindred, the news is bleak. For we live in the valley of the shadow, when: The stock market reaches record-breaking levels amid near record-breaking rates of unemployment 1% of U.S. citizens , while the bottom half is saddled with more debts than assets The median...
2 Key Challenges Face Worldwide Labor Force

2 Key Challenges Face Worldwide Labor Force

Underutilization and inequality are two key challenges facing laborers around the world, according to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report published Jan. 20. An estimated 13% of the world’s labor force (470 million) is underutilized; this is more than...

In Different Ways, We All Long for Freedom

What links: famine in Somalia, youth unemployment, and slavery in the British town of Leighton Buzzard? No, this is not part of the Round Britain Quiz. These are three issues that have been featured in the news recently. Indeed, they have no causal link that I know...