‘It should be a fraught political 12 months. Let’s be respectful of one another at work.’
Chicago Tribune editorial board
This 12 months’s rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump can be “among the many most divisive elections ever,” says the Chicago Tribune editorial board. “The us-versus-them rhetoric on each side is disturbing.” Walgreens shareholders just lately rejected a name for “particular protections for politically conservative workers.” However employers and employees must be prepared for politics to show the office right into a “minefield.” We’ll want “self-discipline and our greatest instincts” to get by means of it.
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‘School costing practically $100,000 a 12 months? Forgiving loans is the least we are able to do.’
LZ Granderson within the Los Angeles Instances
“President Biden is at it once more with pupil mortgage forgiveness,” says LZ Granderson. The Supreme Courtroom final 12 months blocked Biden’s formidable plan to forgive federal pupil mortgage debt. This week Biden unveiled a brand new plan to “elevate a monetary burden off the shoulders of greater than 30 million folks” making an attempt to repay faculty debt whereas residing “verify to verify.” Conservatives accuse him of “making an attempt to purchase votes” however he is merely maintaining a promise to make faculty inexpensive once more.
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‘Trump’s Dobbs technique’
The New York Solar editorial board
Former President Donald Trump has “adopted a sensible technique in respect of abortion,” says The New York Solar. His name to return the query of abortion legislation to the states, with out supporting a nationwide ban, was met with “disapproval from not solely the pro-choice left but in addition the pro-life proper.” However in these “early days within the Dobbs period” following the Supreme Courtroom’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Trump has merely “chosen to place his religion within the American federalist system.”
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‘Extra Individuals now choose hybrid over totally distant work, survey finds’
Emily Peck at Axios
Extra employees now “choose hybrid work preparations than totally distant setups,” says Emily Peck. Hybrid work seems “the clear winner within the post-pandemic work world, a shock from a couple of years in the past when it appeared like a completely at-home revolution was underway.” Individuals with hybrid schedules report rising “engagement” with work, whereas these working totally in-person or at house are heading the opposite method. “Most individuals nonetheless work in particular person, although that does not imply they prefer it.”
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