Rising living costs have outpaced workers’ pay. Gianna Mao makes the case for a $20 federal minimum wage and examines the objections.

When the “lesser evil” are still pretty damn evil, the world will eventually turn on you. On November 5th 2024, the Democratic party lost yet another battle to Donald Trump, making the mistake of choosing a highly incompetent and unpopular candidate for their ticket. You would think that since this was the “most important election in the recent history of the US” and that “democracy was at stake”, the Democrats would get their most powerful, most popular members as candidates