| Sep 24, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmericans are fed up with overpaid CEOs. And one of those fed up Americans happens to be the pope. In his first interview since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV warned about the “continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working...
| Aug 21, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedThe gap between CEO compensation and median worker pay at Starbucks hit 6,666 to 1 last year. In other words, to make as much money as their CEO made in 2024, typical baristas would’ve had to start brewing macchiatos around the time humans first invented the wheel....
| Mar 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedCEO pay has been skyrocketing for years now, fueled in part by tax cuts for corporations and ultra wealthy individuals. That’s not just unfair to ordinary workers or taxpayers — it’s dangerous for our entire economy. I’ve seen firsthand how these CEO pay practices...
| Sep 4, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedMost of us believe in fair pay for honest work. So why aren’t low-wage workers better paid? After 30 years of research, I can tell you it’s not because employers don’t have the cash. It’s because profitable corporations spend that money on their stock prices and CEOs...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedI’ve always felt that working in customer-facing jobs is my calling. I’m passionate about making people feel comfortable when they enter a business, be it a retail store or a restaurant. But it was hard to keep that passion when I worked at Dollar General. Like...
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