(Unemployment during COVID-19 March 2020 – Now) COVID-19 has been one of the difficult times for people in this country. Unemployment rates have been going up by the day and it seems like there is no end in sight for the virus. The economy has been slowly crashing too and ...

December 3, 2020 By Chloe Parkins At this point, most people around the world accept climate change to be a fact and acknowledge that some level of action must be taken to combat it. However, what many people do not fully understand, is how much climate change is impacting the ...

Rebecca Joseph December 3, 2020 News article: “More than half of emergency small- business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows” from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/ppp-sba-data/ The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a federal loan program meant to help small businesses continue to pay their employees for eight weeks during ...

            General Motors have recently come out and expressed their willingness to work with President-Elect Biden and his administration to reduce emissions from their vehicles. This is a small step in the Biden administration’s plan to move toward the full integration of electric vehicles. Mary Barry, the CEO of General ...

-Bobby Kincaid 12/1/20 Major companies like Apple have been pressing Congress to alter legislation to crackdown on imports of goods made with forced labor from persecuted Muslim minorities in China. Nike and Coca-Cola are among the major companies and business groups lobbying Congress to weaken a bill that would ban ...

By Devin Davidson November 19th, 2020 Employee frontline worker, charted “hero” during first wave of pandemic, now left without recourse. As the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic settled in, many retail workers received bonuses and raises in appreciation for their commitment to the public, despite increased health risks. As ...

November 19, 2020. By Chloe Parkins As the United States public becomes more environmentally conscious, the federal government has fallen under increased scrutiny. Citizens now have access to data regarding federal greenhouse gas emissions and they are using it to push for greater regulations. What the breakdown of greenhouse gas ...

“Too Hot to Fly? Climate Change May Take a Toll on Air Travel” NY Times Article By: Zach Wichter Day by day, climate change is proving to be a huge concern for individuals and companies worldwide. Although the media is constantly reminding people to do their part to lessen the negative ...

In April, Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) issued a set of guidelines, noting that due to the pandemic, OHSA would avoid inspecting violations in person except for select industries including health care and emergency response. OSHA is a federal regulatory agency under the US Department of Labor that helps to ensure ...

David Greenburg 16 November 2020 In the spirit of the recent presidential election, I thought it would be a good idea to analyze and better understand how political advertising functions on social media. The New York Times published an article in early October breaking down Facebook’s policies on this subject. ...

A worker checking the Sinovac virus in Beijing. Credit: Getty Images Government workers are receiving a trial vaccine, but the risk of side effects is still to be determined By: Hunter Stephens 11/12/20 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill thousands of people every day, many health experts are looking ...

As COVID-19 rages on the need for doctors is becoming higher and more urgent. However, despite this necessity for medical professionals the gender pay gap in the medical field is actually widening. This article briefly describes how across multiple industries, the effects of COVID-19 can be felt and the gender ...

By: Noah Shulman https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/tech/california-proposition-22/index.html Wednesday November 4th, 2020 To give a background on the issue, in California a recent proposition was on the ballot this election. The proposition proposed requiring Lyft and Uber to classify drivers as employees of the company. Currently, drivers who use Uber’s and Lyft’s platforms are ...

By: Verena Manolis 11/05/2020 Up until the day of the election, many Americans, including investors, were anticipating a blue wave. Now that the votes are coming in, the winds have changed and signs are pointing towards a divided government. While Democrats are set to maintain a majority in the House ...

Image from Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times In late October, a lawsuit was filed against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by several unions representing healthcare workers. These unions claim that OSHA is not doing enough to keep workers safe at a time when a deadly virus is spreading ...