In historic move, L.A. raises minimum wage from $9 to $15.

Also, an anti-rape activist has been accused of lying about her assault and more minimum wage protests are being staged today at McDonald's Headquarters.

Many McDonald’s workers are only making minimum wage, and they’re most definitely not loving it! Thousands of fast food workers fed up with low pay stopped taking orders today to make demands for better work conditions. Workers in 150 cities across the country — including New York, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Nashville, Durham, Los Angeles — staged […]

88 percent of minimum wage workers are at least 20 years old, and a third are age 40 or older, according to an article published by the Economic Policy Institute. Additionally, one-fifth of all U.S. children have a parent who is a minimum wage earner. Must Read: SHE’S THE LAW: Be Careful, The IRS Can […]

President Obama wants to help you get back on track to achieving the American dream. This week, the president released a $3.9 trillion budget proposal for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Raising tobacco taxes to make preschool universal (read: free) for all 4-year-olds, expanding the existing tax credit for full-time worker’s child care cost and offering […]