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Activists mulling push for another minimum wage hike

On Tuesday, Raise Up Massachusetts, a progressive coalition of labor, community and faith-based organizations, released a statement that celebrated the minimum wage finally reaching $15 as of Jan. 1, 2023 — but simultaneously described that new rate as inadequate.

January 4th, 2023 >

Dip in immigration seen driving U.S. inflation

Close to 15% of job openings that employ immigrant or foreign-born workers in the U.S. are still vacant, while the legal immigration system is in dire straits.

August 31st, 2022 >

Corporate profits climb as inflation rises

July 20th, 2022 >

Record inflation shrinks housing affordability, worsens racial wealth gaps

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) at the end of May was the largest since December 1981, more than 40 years ago.

June 23rd, 2022 >

It’s not just inflation, it’s price gouging

Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in plain sight: their own profiteering.

March 17th, 2022 >