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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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William J Barber and A Kazimir Brown

We last raised the US federal minimum wage 14 years ago. This is unacceptable

Chipotle restaurant workers protesting for a higher wage, New York City.
Chipotle restaurant workers protesting for a higher wage in New York City. Photograph: Raul H Vidaurre/Fast Food Union 32BJ SEIU/AFP/Getty Images

Researchers at the University of California-Riverside recently released a study showing poverty is the fourth leading cause of death nationwide. Poverty kills more people than homicide, respiratory disease, gun violence and opioid overdoses, the study showed.

It’s stress, it’s starvation, it’s disease. And it’s all unnecessary.

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