Employers say they can't lure back workers. Governors are ending unemployment benefits. Is the work ethic dying, or is it because a living wage is […]
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Smerconish: Are benefits hurting companies’ ability to hire workers?
The new jobs report shows many openings are going unfilled. Are unemployment benefits so high that people are not incentivized to go back to work? […]
Continue readingSmerconish: Many GOP don’t mean what they say about Cheney
CNN's Michael Smerconish says that Republicans who publicly attack Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for her vote to impeach Donald Trump and her insistence that the […]
Continue readingSmerconish: We need a better vaccine carrot — and a bigger stick
To get America to herd immunity, being vaccinated should be incentivized. If that fails, CNN's Michael Smerconish proposes the government and businesses should consider measures […]
Continue readingDem lawmaker: Here’s why opposition to DC statehood is racist
Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) explains why he condemned GOP objections to statehood for the District of Columbia as racist. #CNN #News
Continue readingWhat could police reform look like?
Derek Chauvin's conviction for murder brought home the issue of police misconduct. But what can be done to fix the problem? #CNN #News
Continue readingHow he survived 18 years in solitary confinement
When Ian Manuel was 13, he shot a woman during a robbery. Although she survived, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and served […]
Continue reading‘Solution in search of a problem’: Smerconish looks at Georgia election law
In the wake of President Biden's win in Georgia and the flip of both its Senate seats, Republicans in Georgia passed a far-reaching overhaul of […]
Continue readingPolls show how Gov. Cuomo’s constituents are responding to controversies
As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces harassment allegations and questions over his handling of Covid-19 deaths at state nursing homes, CNN's Michael Smerconish examines […]
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