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Why Latino Workers Are Being Left Out of America's Economic Boom, According to New Fed Data

For years, economists have pointed to low unemployment, steady GDP growth and resilient consumer spending as evidence that the U.S. economy remains fundamentally strong. But for many Latino families, those positive headlines have felt disconnected from everyday reality.

Latin Times · Jun 30

Teachers Are Winning Raises. They’re Still Losing Ground.

A record pay gap with other professions and rising costs are making it increasingly difficult for schools to attract and retain talent.

Capital & Main · Jun 18

How Much Money Would Workers Have If the Minimum Wage Kept Up With Inflation?

If minimum wage matched 1968 purchasing power, you'd earn $421,200 more over 30 years. With productivity adjustments, the gap reaches $670K-$1M in earnings.

GOBankingRates · Nov 9, 2025

95,000 Texas children are waiting for state help to pay for day care

Adding more funding to scholarships is just one way experts say state lawmakers could address Texas’ child care crisis.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 20, 2025

CEOs losing pay are still really rich

Top execs are paid mostly through stock incentives, and their pay has ballooned far beyond their workers' earnings

Salon · Dec 7, 2024

Fact check: Are weekly wages in the US ‘lower than 50 years ago’?

No. Senator Sanders’s data relies on a blip in 1973. Economists show wages are actually higher now than 50 years ago.

Al Jazeera · Nov 12, 2024

‘Zombie-like’: the US trade agreement that still haunts Democrats

The working class saw Clinton’s support of Nafta, which cut most tariffs between US, Mexico and Canada, as ‘a betrayal’

The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2024

Trump would weaken child labor protections in second term, report warns

Project 2025, a conservative playbook for a second Trump term, advocates for rolling back child labor protections, report also cites

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2024

Why Biden’s Chinese EV Tariffs May Succeed Where Trump’s Failed, For Now

The new tariffs could be great for the U.S. auto industry. The risk is automakers will use them as an excuse to slow-walk their EV plans.

InsideEVs · May 16, 2024

UAW strike: Possible "paradigm shift"

Americans like unions again — but few workers actually have one. The UAW is betting it can shift that dynamic

Salon · Sep 21, 2023