BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America is being strangled by its own government. Forty million people who depend on food stamps to survive are about to lose them...
By Edward Henderson California Black Media McKenzie Young is a traveling nurse from California who works in Hawaii. She gets placements through an agency that connects...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — RAND’s study of the Sacramento Probation Department’s Career Training Partnership (CTP) program suggests that hiring ex-offenders from career training programs, like ours, can...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Fifty-eight years after the #MarchOnWashington, Americans are marching again today for our democracy. With state laws disenfranchising voters and making it harder to vote,...
DAYTONA TIMES — More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went out on strike last week, but they are not alone. On Sept....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Despite the United States touting itself as the bastion of freedom and equality, women in this country — despite comprising 50.8 percent of...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Minimum wage would increase to $12.10 by 2022.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Maryland inched closer to gradually increasing the state’s minimum hourly wage to $15 by 2025.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In celebrating the Congressional Black Caucus, I'm not touting their perfection, because the collective caucus is flawed as any other organization. My biggest...
THE AFRO — Last week the fight for fair wages once again made it to the Hill,
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — A new plan is being formed to help address the racial wealth gap in Minnesota
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Too many cities and states are willing to offer exorbitant tax breaks to attract a few jobs. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling, our...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Secretary of State’s Office said the amendment to Colorado’s Constitution received 65 percent of the votes already counted. “The margin is such...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Recently, employees of Amazon.com learned that the company would be raising the starting wage to $15 an hour.
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By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our stock market has been correcting itself for quite some time. It appears that the major correction is on...
GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Menu prices are up 21 percent and you don’t have to tip at Ivar’s Salmon House on Seattle’s Lake...
LISA LEFF, Associated Press DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the...
(Politico) – The Obama administration is on the verge of possibly doubling the salary levels that would require employers to pay overtime in the most...
ROBERT JABLON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles is the latest and biggest city to endorse a hike in the minimum wage, adding to...
(New York Times) – The protest by tens of thousands of low-wage workers, students and activists in more than 200 American cities on Wednesday is the...
(Reuters) – Fast-food workers rallied in New York on Wednesday to demand higher pay, using the April 15 deadline for filing U.S. tax returns to...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications was still consistent with steady...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping its decision to boost workers’ paychecks will help it boost its bottom...
EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans support increasing the minimum wage, as well as requiring employers to provide paid sick leave and parental...
