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Poverty Wages
May 6, 2022
Timothy Noah
Biden Is Smart to Attack Rick Scott’s Tax Hike on the Poor. But He Needs to Hit It Harder.
A $1,000 tax increase on someone making $30,000 isn’t just bad. It’s repugnant. Please, Democrats, say it.
January 19, 2021
Wesley Williams
My Life Sewing T-Shirts for 26 Cents an Hour
You might think I work outside the U.S., beyond the reach of our labor laws. You’d be wrong.
January 14, 2021
Clio Chang
The Dream Job That Wasn’t
A lighthouse keeper, a deep-ocean researcher, a park ranger, and a “Snoozetern” on the pitfalls of “doing what you love.”
March 26, 2020
J.C. Pan
America’s Eldercare System Is a Tinderbox
A pandemic and rising demand expose the vulnerabilities of a system that runs on poverty wages.
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