October 7, 2021
By: Martin J. Bennett Many weeks after Democrats swept the Georgia Senate runoff elections, the right-wing extremists’ January 6th assault on Congress saturated the news cycle. The Capitol insurrection and the debate about an independent and nonpartisan investigation overshadowed the compelling story of how Democrats prevailed in both the November… Read More»
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May 25, 2017
Today, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D. Va.), and Keith Ellison (D. Minn.), along with their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. The “Raise the Wage Act” would gradually increase the minimum wage from current floor of… Read More»
Tags: $15 minimum wage, airport workers, Fight for 15, home-care workers, minimum wage, NELP, Raise the Wage Act, ROC United, SEIU, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. Patty Murray, tipped wage, unitehere, Washington National Airport
