Policy Opportunities for the Remote Economy upwork.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upwork.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In some states, unemployment stays stubbornly high By Tim Henderson, Stateline.org
Share: Furloughed hospitality workers from the shuttered Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla., demonstrate to preserve their jobs as management mulls the hotel s reopening. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)
The economic recovery is leaving millions of people behind, especially those with jobs depending on conventions, tourists and live performances.
“It is a very sad situation. I can see why many lose hope and give up,” said Zuleika Lee, a former trade show model and mixologist in Nevada who’s been without work since last March, when the pandemic shut down the convention centers and bars where she made her living.
Once the coronavirus is in the rear-view mirror, Gov. Dan McKee should focus on an economic strategy to make the most productive use of the state’s human, capital and natural resources.
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If Free College is the Goal, Start with Community College
Events this year in Michigan show that the best political strategy is to first make community colleges tuition-free.
Then-presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 15, 2020. During his campaign, Biden put forth a free-college plan that included two years of tuition-free community college for everyone without a post-secondary degree. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
By MICHELLE MILLER-ADAMS
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Michelle Miller-Adams is a senior researcher at the W.E. Upjohn Institute and professor at Grand Valley State University. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Path to Free College.