- Most Americans for Raising Minimum Wage http://www.gallup.com/poll/165794/americans-raising-minimum-wage.aspx 48 comments politics
- 73% Of Americans Want To Raise The Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour http://boldprogressives.org/73-of-americans-want-to-raise-the-minimum-wage-to-10-an-hour/ 8 comments politics
- Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift wages for 41 million American workers http://www.epi.org/publication/15-by-2024-would-lift-wages-for-41-million/ 5 comments economy
- Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift wages for 41 million American workers http://www.epi.org/publication/15-by-2024-would-lift-wages-for-41-million/ 73 comments politics
- Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift wages for 41 million American workers http://epi.org/125047 67 comments politics
- Raising the Minimum Wage to $12 by 2020 Would Lift Wages for 35 Million American Workers http://www.epi.org/publication/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-12-by-2020-would-lift-wages-for-35-million-american-workers/ 10 comments politics
- More Americans Think Raising Minimum Wage Will Help Economy http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/general_business/august_2017/more_americans_think_raising_minimum_wage_will_help_economy 9 comments politics
- 53 percent of Americans support raising federal minimum wage to $15: poll https://thehill.com/policy/finance/541509-53-percent-of-americans-support-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-poll 47 comments politics
- CEO pay doubled, the minimum wage stayed the same. But Americans still can't agree on a raise. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/04/07/minimum-wage-debate-stalls-congress-but-not-rest-america/4819497001/ 712 comments politics
- Most Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage To Ten Dollars Per Hour http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/minimum-wage-raise_n_1084708.html 6 comments politics
- A majority of Americans support raising the minimum wage, according to two new polls. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/minimum-wage-increase-poll-101270.html?hp=l8 3 comments politics
- New Poll: 80% of Americans Support Raising the Minimum Wage to $10.10 per hour http://nelpaction.wordpress.com/ 5630 comments politics
- Millions of working class Americans to get more money as 50 states and cities raise minimum wage https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-minimum-wage-2020-increase-state-bernie-sanders-fight-15-a9266991.html 89 comments politics
- Poll: Two-thirds of Americans support raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour https://www.axios.com/poll-americans-support-raising-federal-minimum-wage-0a3dc628-81ec-4de0-b518-a1ca54eda5c8.html 12 comments politics
- Top Democrats introduce a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025, raising pay for 32 million Americans https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-introduce-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-15-by-2025-2021-1?utm_source=reddit.com 46 comments politics
- Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/two-thirds-of-americans-favor-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/?utm_source=pew+research+center&utm_campaign=8e7813e8d6-email_campaign_2019_08_02_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-8e7813e8d6-400023057 213 comments economy
- Two-thirds of Americans favor raising federal minimum wage to $15 an hour https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/two-thirds-of-americans-favor-raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/ 189 comments politics
- Arthur Delaney: Two-Thirds Of Americans Support Raising Minimum Wage: Poll http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/06/americans-minimum-wage-poll_n_752921.html 4 comments reddit.com
- The case for raising the minimum wage: If we're going to live in one, unified America, we need an economy that works for all Americans. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/05/10/raising-the-minimum-wage-will-reduce-income-inequality 11 comments politics
- Why we need to raise the minimum wage. A higher wage will lift hardworking Americans out of poverty and break their link with government assistance. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stern-camden-why-we-should-raise-the-minimum-20130310,0,6070933.story 218 comments politics
- Perspectives: Congress hasn't raised the minimum wage in 3,614 days. It's time to put hard-working Americans first https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/16/perspectives/raise-federal-minimum-wage/ 862 comments politics
- Even Red-State Voters Want to Raise the Minimum Wage. Eighty percent of Americans want to hike wages, but powerful Republicans keep saying no. http://www.thenation.com/article/182225/even-red-state-voters-want-raise-minimum-wage 215 comments politics
- In short, raising the minimum wage would help many Americans, and might actually be politically possible. Let’s give it a try. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/opinion/krugman-better-pay-now.html 2392 comments politics
- Biden's plan for a $15 minimum wage could mean one in 5 Americans earns more. Nearly a third of Black workers would get a raise, research suggests. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/biden-15-minimum-wage-increase-benefit-black-workers-2021-1?r=us&ir=t 3 comments politics
- Biden's plan for a $15 minimum wage could mean 1 in 5 Americans earn more. Nearly a third of Black workers would get a raise, research suggests. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/biden-15-minimum-wage-increase-benefit-black-workers-2021-1 840 comments politics
- Both Bernie Sanders and the national campaign to raise the minimum wage are sounding a wake-up call for all progressive Americans, especially those trying to save public education http://commondreams.org/views/2015/06/17/americans-must-go-offensive-or-risk-losing-ground?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=reddit&utm_source=news 19 comments politics
- Congress can strengthen the President’s Executive Order to raise the minimum wage for employees of new federal contracts by passing The Fair Minimum Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage for all Americans. http://clermontsun.com/2014/02/06/sherrod-brown-working-together-and-fighting-for-the-middle-class-in-ohio/ 32 comments politics
- $15 Minimum Wage Would Cut Employment, Reduce Poverty, Study Finds."Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 could deliver raises for 27 million workers and lift 900,000 Americans above the poverty threshold" https://www.wsj.com/articles/15-minimum-wage-would-cost-1-4-million-workers-jobs-lift-900-000-from-poverty-cbo-study-finds-11612800875 81 comments science
- Sanders champions labor on eve of WI primary: "He pledged to rebuild the middle class by opposing trade agreements that he said have cost American jobs and raising the minimum wage to $15." http://www.wrex.com/story/31637607/2016/04/04/sanders-champions-labor-on-eve-of-wi-primary 25 comments politics
- Voters in Arkansas overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to raise their state minimum wage on Tuesday, sending another message to Washington that Americans support a higher wage floor. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/minimum-wage-raise-passes_n_6095458.html 41 comments politics
- Richard Wolff on Raising the U.S. Minimum Wage - "Economist Richard Wolff explains how the current minimum wage offers less advantage for workers than it did decades ago, and how an increase would benefit not only low-wage employees, but the overall American economy." http://billmoyers.com/content/richard-wolff-on-how-raising-the-minimum-wage-lifts-america/ 42 comments politics
- "Debt peonage is a fundamental tool for control. The most effective weapon we have to liberate ourselves as well as the 30 million Americans who make up the working poor is a sustained movement to raise the minimum wage nationally to at least $11 an hour." http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/breaking_the_chains_of_debt_peonage_20130203/ 10 comments politics
- Could You Raise Your Kids on Less Than $15,000 a Year? Millions of Parents Are Forced to Learn How: Increasing the minimum wage to just $10.00 from $7.25 would be a shot in the arm to poverty-stricken Americans. http://www.alternet.org/could-you-raise-your-kids-less-15000-year-millions-parents-are-forced-learn-how?paging=off 107 comments politics
- Study shows how to lower divorce rate among poor Americans: Raise the minimum wage. The research is the first to analyze the effects of states’ minimum wage increases on the rates of marriage and divorce among low-wage earners. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/raising-minimum-wage-lowers-divorce-rate 27 comments science
- “This is what I mean by a political revolution,” Sanders said. “If the American people become activated, if the American people are prepared to stand up and say, ‘Yes, we’re gonna raise the minimum wage. Yes, we’re gonna make public colleges and universities tuition free, etc. etc.’ http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/22/bernie-sanders-political-revolution-isnt-evident-in-early-primaries/ 53 comments politics
- Hillary Clinton touts economic plan at St. Louis campaign event: she outlined an economic plan that would raise the minimum wage, use tax credits to attempt to lure U.S. businesses back to American soil and create a “National Infrastructure Bank” to overhaul the nation’s transportation system. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hillary-clinton-touts-economic-plan-at-st-louis-campaign-event/article_0defa089-75d2-5948-9448-6603b1bc0a8d.html 30 comments politics
- CBO: Obama’s minimum wage plan would cost jobs but help millions "the CBO found that raising the minimum wage to $10.10/hour (then indexing it to inflation) would reduce employment by..about 500,000..At the same time, 16.5million low-wage Americans would see an increase in their earnings as a result http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/18/cbo-obamas-minimum-wage-plan-would-cost-jobs-but-help-millions/?tid=rssfeed 1541 comments politics
- Raising the U.S. minimum wage would lead to the loss of about half a million jobs by late 2016 but lift almost a million Americans out of poverty, the Congressional Budget Office forecast in a report on Tuesday that reignited debate over one of President Barack Obama's top priorities this year. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/18/us-usa-wage-cbo-idusbrea1h1ve20140218?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 8 comments politics
- Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-NY) 5 Principles to Modernize the American Workplace and Revive the Middle Class: 1. Expand paid family medical leave; 2. Raise the minimum wage to $10.10/hour; 3. Affordable child care; 4. Universal pre-K; and 5. Equal pay for equal work. http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2014/01/gillibrand-5-principles-modernize-american-workplace-revive-middle-class# 15 comments politics
- Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for Business: Contrary to naysayers in the business lobby, numerous studies suggest increasing the minimum wage to $9 an hour and tying it to the cost of living will lift millions of Americans out of poverty and stimulate the economy. http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14672-raising-the-minimum-wage-is-good-for-business-but-the-corporate-lobby-doesnt-think-so 12 comments politics