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More than half of Americans believe it’s unlikely younger people today will have better lives than their parents, according to…
A proposal aimed at removing the last remnant of slavery from California law failed to pass the state Senate on…
California's minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, an increase that will benefit about 3 million workers.
Black and Brown employees of federal contractors are expected to see pay increases due to a Biden executive order that…
When it comes to high inflation rates, experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst has yet…
A series of anti-poverty policies in response to the pandemic offer a glimpse of what's possible when we center the…
The Mississippi governor announced that the additional unemployment benefits due to the pandemic will come to an end.
Republicans play to win and destroy their opponents, while Democrats play fair. The GOP bring guns to a knife fight,…
"They're using the filibuster to deny progress, basically, to low-income people," Clyburn said Tuesday at a Capitol Hill press conference.
The hourly pay increase, which goes into effect next week, will make wholesale giant Costco the highest-paying retail chain in…
Sanders said that after an initial pay hike to $9.25 an hour, the remaining increases would occur over the course…
The Democratic push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has emerged as an early flashpoint in…
Democratic presidential contender Julian Castro joined a march to a McDonald's restaurant in North Carolina on Thursday to draw attention…
Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month.
A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that the minimum wage doesn't pay enough to afford…
Workers in New York were celebrating the new year for a different reason: it was the first day of their…
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Hoping to shed its reputation for offering little more than dead-end jobs, Wal-Mart, the nation's biggest…
In June 1963, there were two people in Washington, D.C. — from opposite ends of the economic spectrum — obsessing