At the end of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics reported a decline to 10.4 million in job openings, hires hanging at 6.3 million, and a 2.9 percent quit rate. What started as an inconvenience due to the pandemic seems to unravel more deeply as the labour shortage continues to disadvantage economies across the world. Economists discuss varying factors that seem to forward this lag, from ageing employees retiring, to unsatisfied demands for sufficient wages and bettered workplace environments. Although, there is yet a definite cause behind the shortage’s continuation, speculations also include financial savings reducing the urgency to…
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Since the US Supreme court ruled abortions banning laws as violations of the US Constitution in 1973, Texas had made multiple attempts to pass bills that mimicked similar goals to that of a law that simply put, banned abortions. On March 11th, Texas introduced the Heartbeat Bill. By May 19th, Governor Greg Abbott had signed it into law. The Texas Heartbeat Act took effect on September 1st, 2021. This law’s objective was to put forth a ban on any abortion performed after fetal heartbeat detection, something that can materialize as early as 6 weeks, a point when most women do…
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Marvel recently announced that the character of Blade will be introduced into the MCU in his own feature film sometime in 2023. Blade is a daywalker which is a variation on a vampire and his inclusion means a lot for the MCU. Until recently, Blade was owned by Fox but Disney negotiated for the rights to the character when buying out Fox Entertainment which explains the lack of the characters inclusion until now. Disney has been slowly incorporating the Fox properties into the MCU ever since the purchase and while it’s clear that Blade is not necessarily their top priority,…
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Former president, Donald Trump, has been hinting at a possible run for President in 2024. Donald Trump at this point has not made any official announcement that he is running for President, however, he has been implying as such in a number of interviews and at rallies. Trump has made statements saying that his supporters will be pleasantly surprised soon and even went so far as to say “make America great again again” at a recent rally. All of this has made a great number of people assume that Trump is planning a presidential run in 2024, however, there are…
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President Biden recently unveiled a host of new policies targeted at raising the vaccinated population in the US. These policies include ensuring that health care workers are fully vaccinated as well as contractors and workers for the federal government. According to Joe Biden, the healthcare worker mandate alone will affect 17 million Americans. However, the largest order that Biden is putting in place affects any company that employs 100 or more people, according to Biden, this will affect more than 80 million Americans. Biden’s guidelines for these companies is to vaccinate every employee. Biden, in his statement to the press,…