Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns discussing efforts to increase the federal minimum wage. Next week: “The economic argument for the minimum wage.” “Economics is like gravity.

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - State lawmakers seeking to slow down annual minimum wage increases that Nebraska voters approved in 2022 have reached a new deal to avoid the law’s inflationary ...

Fewer women are now in the workforce as compared to January 2025, and, for those that remain, the wage gap has widened for two years in a row. A troubling trend may foreshadow an approaching economic ...

in response to the story "Teens and the election: Minimum wage most important issue to many local youths": These children want to raise the minimum wage, but look carefully at what would happen. That ...

IN THE BARRIO of Iztapalapa, on Mexico City’s eastern flank, the pavements stay busy even in the punishing afternoon sun. Street vendors hawk snacks from metal carts; waiters from corner taquerías ...

Recent research suggests that wages below legally established minimum wages are surprisingly prevalent. This column reviews ‘wage theft’ in the US and its impact on the wage gains workers might ...

Despite it being widely known by anyone who can think two steps ahead that price controls have negative consequences, politicians can’t help but continue to promote price controls as policy. With ...

The hand of the waitress takes the tip. The waiter girl receives a tip from the client at the hotel bar. A bartender woman is happy to receive a tip at work. The concept of service. A surprising topic ...