For many working Americans, one of the most enticing promises that President Biden made during his 2020 campaign was a call for the minimum wage to be raised to $15. It looked like this promise would come...
While the cost of living in the United States continues to rise, the minimum wage in several states has stayed remarkably low at $7.25 an hour. However, there may be a change soon to come, as President...
With midterm elections coming up on Nov. 6, there are several interesting candidate races in North Carolina, one of which is the four-way race for Congressional House Seat 13. Incumbent Republican Ted...
What if the minimum wage in North Carolina increased more than 70 percent?
Instead of $7.25 an hour, you could make $12.50 an hour. That is the difference between the federal minimum wage, which North...
Twenty-four Guilford community members boarded a bus to Raleigh to demand living wages at the Fight for $15 rally on April 15.
The steady flow of rain did not dampen the energy buzzing among rally attendees...
$7.25 an hour.
The pay seems reasonable, generous even, when you consider that many minimum wage workers are teenagers and college students working part-time jobs and supporting only themselves.
However,...
All month long, fast-food workers from across the United States have been protesting for $15 hourly wages and union rights. “Whatever It Takes” is the motto of the movement. On Sept. 4, the protesters...
A gallon of milk costs $4.59. A gallon of gas costs $3.75. A loaf of bread costs $5.00, but the federal minimum wage rate stands at $7.25.
How are college graduates supposed to support themselves with...
Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Section Editor
• February 15, 2013
Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
Women in the West Bank have been receiving sperm in mysterious ways from their incarcerated husbands serving time for terrorism convictions. The illegally smuggled sperm can...
