The police killing of George Floyd has prompted a stunning increase in the public’s receptivity to the Black Lives Matter movement (which has picked up eight percentage points in public approval since ...

The International Labour Office’s most recent report on wages shows why there is a global social, political, and economic imperative to combat wage inequality, writes Sabina Dewan. Workers work on ...

The federal minimum wage has remained stagnant at$7.25 per hour for more than a decade, and these state-level adjustments ...

Labor Day was created over a century ago to commemorate the achievements of the American workforce, and in 2023 the nation's 167 million workers have something to celebrate: wage gains that are ...

Wage inequality has risen more in California cities than in the metropolitan areas of any other state, with seven of the nation’s 15 most unequal cities located in the Golden State. San Jose, with its ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Raising the minimum wage can help address economic inequality, but support has declined as the gap between rich and poor has increased, according to new research from the University at ...

In an ideal world—well, a better world, at least—“good news” economic stories about the potential of artificial intelligence would get as much buzz as gloomer-doomer ones. Given that isn’t our reality ...

Lessons of the post-COVID economy. When voters tell you what they are concerned about, believe them. Exit polls from the presidential election show that the economy ranked first among voters’ concerns ...

University of Washington researchers have been conducting studies into various facets of Seattle’s $15-an-hour minimum wage for years. For their latest study, they looked into how the higher minimum ...

"If you are a single adult living anywhere in the country, you're going to need at least a $15 an hour job in order to make ends meet," said one economist. As a teenager, Nicole Lee Schroeder worked ...

THE GREAT detective has summoned everyone to the library. “I was asked to identify the culprit behind the growing wave of wage inequality” he says. “I can reveal that the offender is there.” And the ...

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