Minimum Wage Hike

On Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) emphasized the importance of workers in corporate profitability and advocated for raising the minimum wage to $17 an hour. This call to action was earlier echoed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) who also expressed the urgency for Congress to act on this...

Americans earn on average $828 a week, according to CNN Money, which cited data from the U.S. Department of Labor. The rise in average salaries marks a significant improvement from $730 per week during the peak of the Great Recession, and businesses are now feeling the pressure to pay...