Monday, June 16, 2025

Tag: employment

Study shows large minimum wage hikes boost both earnings and employment

In the absence of federal action, a record number of U.S. jurisdictions are set to raise their minimum wages in 2023—in many cases above $15 an hour.

Rethinking employment in the Biden-Harris era

And my own looming job crisis...

America’s widening inequality of place

This inequality is unsustainable. It’s literally tearing America apart.

Unemployment falls to lowest level since 1969 as economy adds 134,000...

In spite of the unusually low unemployment rate there is little evidence of wage acceleration.

Over 90 percent of UPS Teamsters just voted to strike

It would be the largest strike the country has seen in decades.

Behind the job numbers, millions are being left behind

White, black, male, female: Together, millions of these voters face a shared future filled with risks and challenges. They know their own realities better than many of the so-called experts do.

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American Spring? How nonviolent protest in the US is accelerating

We do know that protests against ICE raids have been intensifying around the country for months, alongside protests opposing perceived power-grabs by the Trump administration.

Trump signs Congressional Review Act, reverses three California clean vehicle programs

California plans to challenge the resolutions through legal action.

Senator tackled and cuffed at DHS press event in LA as Trump-era immigration crackdown...

Sen. Alex Padilla was violently removed and handcuffed while attempting to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, drawing widespread condemnation and fueling fears of growing authoritarianism.

“No Kings Day” was historic. Now we need a powerful – and independent –...

People can unite to lead so that leaders will follow, and justice can prevail.

Factory farms and the next pandemic: How industrial animal agriculture fuels global health threats

Zoonotic diseases linked to factory farming raise pandemic risks, but food tech innovations offer a safer alternative.