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.
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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Earth on the brink: 25 of 35 vital signs reach record extremes, scientists warn...
These findings emphasize the severity of the climate crisis and outline a global emergency that requires immediate action to avert catastrophic consequences.
Whitehouse report reveals Trump White House manipulated FBI Kavanaugh investigation, ignored 4,500 tips
According to the report, the FBI was directed by the White House to conduct only a small number of interviews, focusing on a limited group of witnesses.
‘The first live-streamed genocide’: Al Jazeera exposes war crimes filmed by Israeli troops themselves
We play excerpts from the film Investigating War Crimes in Gaza, now available online, and speak to two of the journalists involved in its production, director Richard Sanders and Gaza-based correspondent Youmna ElSayed.
Saving the bumblebee starts with changing our farming practices
We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.
Debunking 10 lies about Syria and Assad
If Americans and Europeans don’t understand the true motives and facts about the Syrian war, they will be lead into calamitous military adventures and destructive global wars in the near future.