The Poverty Line
April 11, 2014The new minimum covers tipped workers, and will be indexed to the cost of living.
March 28, 2014Single moms and absentee dads are not the problem. And going to college does not mean you'll escape the poverty trap.
March 26, 2014Dig into the debate over dollars and cents in this interactive explainer, produced by Newsbound.
March 20, 2014DC can't find a permanent solution for its family homelessness crisis.
March 19, 2014More than 1,600 current and former employees of the fast food franchise will receive payment.
March 13, 2014Poor families are bearing a greater burden of rising college costs than those from wealthier families, according to a new analysis of federal education cost data.
March 12, 2014Wall Streeters pocketed more in bonuses than the paychecks of all of the 1,085,000 Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
February 20, 2014The nation's largest private employer is weighing the low wages it pays employees against declining sales in stores.
February 12, 2014President Obama is set to sign an executive order raising contractors’ wages today.
February 4, 2014Their customers are tapped out while high-end retailers are thriving.
