Tag: wage inequality
California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers goes into effect:...
Fast food workers at establishments with at least 60 locations nationwide will see their wages increase to $20 an hour, a substantial uplift from the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
The rent crisis: Half of US renters face unprecedented housing affordability...
The study reveals a staggering 50 percent of U.S. renters were dedicating more than 30 percent of their income to cover rent and utilities.
Busting the ‘paid what you’re worth’ myth
It is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people while millions of Americans struggle to get by.
Median pay of top US CEOs jumped to record $22.3 million...
Analysis has shown companies have used inflation as an excuse to unnecessarily raise prices and have pocketed the increased profits.
From France, an unexpected call for a ceiling on CEO pay
Our modern societies, top French politicos fear, just might ‘explode’ without one.
The rise of the centibillionaires!
If you think wealth and power are too concentrated in the hands of a privileged few now, just imagine what a few more years of trickle-down nonsense will bring.
‘Please help us’: Essential, low-wage workers share why they need reconciliation...
"We are literally starving. It's time for Congress to act."
The eviction crisis is a race and gender wage gap issue
There is a direct correlation between this racial, gendered wage gap and evictions.
There’s no ‘labor shortage.’ there’s a wage shortage.
Congress ought to be listening to actual workers explain why they’re not rushing back to the jobs being offered by restaurant chains and such.
Sanders ‘confident’ $15 minimum wage possible through Senate reconciliation
"I'm confident that the parliamentarian will advise next week that we can raise the minimum wage through the reconciliation process."
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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows
This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...
This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...
An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.