The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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As L.A. Joins $15 Movement, A Fascinating Minimum Wage Experiment Is About to Unfold
Some of the biggest cities in America are now defying decades of economic orthodoxy and challenging social norms that regarded low-wage jobs as unavoidable and acceptable.
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Democrats Push for $12 Minimum With "Raise the Wage Act"
Party leaders are rallying behind new legislation that would raise the wage to $12 an hour, well beyond the $10.10 effort that failed to pass when Democrats controlled the Senate.
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Can Anti-Corruption Candidate Rick Weiland Upend South Dakota's Senate Race?
Toss-up races like Kansas and South Dakota may be the ones that decide whether or not Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate.
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Lighting Up the Screen with the Social Justice Film Festival: Why Seattle?
The city's social justice roots are centuries old – and today Seattle is also home to more than 70 social justice organizations and more than a dozen progressive film festivals.
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Arrested Fast Food Striker: "I Hope My Daughter Knows I'm Doing This For Her"
I work at McDonald’s in Chicago and was one of the thousands of fast-food workers nationwide who went on strike last week for fairer wages.
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Fast Food Workers Launch Biggest Strike To Date Demanding Higher Minimum Wage
Workers from McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut and other chains are holding a mass walkout Thursday as the battle to unionize – and receive higher wages – escalates.
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Moms Against Walmart: Demanding Better Pay and Conditions For Women Workers
Female employees at the bottom of the income scale are making too little to support their families – and some at the nation's biggest retailer are taking to the streets to demand a change.
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Minimum Wage Increase “Would Give Me the Chance To Spend Time With My Son and Be A Mother Again”
“It doesn’t make sense that I work hard, help the restaurant make money and yet I can’t eat there or support my family on just one job. This is not the America that I believe in."
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Seattle Announces $15 Minimum Wage: Highest In the United States
Seattle will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour over the coming years under a deal brokered by the mayor and blessed by labor and business groups alike.
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More Seattles, Please: Appetite Is Growing for a $15 Minimum Wage
From San Francisco to Portland to Chicago, grassroots groups and unions are following in Seattle's footsteps by pushing to institute a $15 minimum wage.
