| Apr 2, 2014 | Economy / BusinessCongress will soon vote on a measure that would raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 and bring the tipped wage to 70 percent of the full minimum. The Fair Minimum Wage Act would give millions of American workers a long-overdue raise. Today’s $7.25-per-hour...
| Mar 27, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyHobby Lobby’s position is really quite dubious: Using God to get into your uterus. It’s needling its way into women’s health. It’s crafting strategies religiously stealth. The company’s lawyers tell SCOTUS this amounts to abortion, And...
| Feb 26, 2014 | Economy / BusinessThe austerity mania that plagued our political system for four years is finally subsiding. The latest sign is President Barack Obama’s decision to nix the Social Security cuts he had previously included in his budget proposal. This was a body blow to the most powerful...
