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In November 2012, hundreds of fast-food workers across the country went on strike, saying it was time to raise the country’s $7.25 per hour minimum wage. What was created to be a “living wage” for all workers, they argued, was now consigning some to poverty. …
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Foreword
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Who Earns the Federal Minimum Wage?
Around 139 million workers are covered, but big exemptions exist
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Effects of Increasing the Minimum Wage
A raise would increase incomes but could mean job losses
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Indexing the Minimum Wage
A policy alternative to helping minimum wage workers
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State Minimum Wages
Most states have raised their minimum wage above the federal level
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What Congress Is Doing on the Minimum Wage
The $15 minimum wage has become a rallying cry for the left
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Pros and Cons of Reopening Schools Amid COVID-19
Helping students versus avoiding community spread
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Pros and Cons of Medicaid Work Requirements
Welfare flexibility versus health care access
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Pros and Cons of Reopening Schools Amid COVID-19
Helping students versus avoiding community spread
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Pro & Con
Should Congress raise the federal minimum wage?
