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The minimum wage has been a highly debated topic in recent years, with workers in industries including fast food and retail pushing for the standard to be raised to $15 an hour. Currently, the federal minimum wage is less than half that amount, at $7.25 an hour, where it has been since 2009.
My friend, the author and scholar Harvey J. Kaye , delivers this missive on BillMoyers.com for the 4th of July, reminding us that social democratic principles are, contrary to right wing rhetoric, not "leftist extremism," but at the very heart of the creation and evolution of America's political purpose. Social democracy is 100 percent American.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said that his committee will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state despite the fact that the presidential election is over. "This was never a political targeting in the beginning.
After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to America's. The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter.
After Hillary Clinton suffered a fainting spell at a 9/11 memorial service in New York City last weekend, her physician revealed that the Democratic candidate was suffering from walking pneumonia. Pundits spent the next few days analyzing the candidate's health and what it might mean for her campaign, and taking shots at her "lack of transparency" for not announcing that she was ill prior to the incident.
I keep hearing that Hillary Clinton is uninspiring, often from her supporters. Hendrix professor and Arkansas Times columnist Jay Barth, who covered the Democratic National Convention for the Arkansas Blog, said in a recent post that she "lacks the ability to inspire on a regular basis."
On Wednesday, the all-female stars of the summer reboot of "Ghostbusters" appeared on the same episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" as Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, and the confluence of gender politics and the cultural zeitgeist was not lost on the show's host. "Get your Woman Cards ready," DeGeneres tweeted in anticipation of the show, while an apparent Clinton supporter shared an image of the presidential contender dressed in a Ghostbusters uniform, with her likely Republican rival Donald Trump cast as the gluttonous apparition "Slimer."
The windows of Eric Trump's office in the Trump Tower offer breath... . In this photo taken May 12, 2016, Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, responds to questions during an interview in New York.
A timeline of key events in the relationship between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin , as well as allegations about Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, in advance of their meeting on Friday: Donald Trump, celebrity businessman and reality TV star, tweets "Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow - if so, will he become my new best friend?" American intelligence agencies believe that Russian intelligence penetrated the Democratic National Committee networks this month and continued to have access until at least June 2016.
Gillibrand, who holds Hillary Clinton's old senate, said he should have resigned over his affair with a young intern. The latest episode on the worldwide reckoning on the sexual misconduct of powerful men actually happened almost two decades ago - but important liberals have just now turned on the perpetrator, former President Bill Clinton.
A former top adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday labeled Donald Trump a "psychopath", saying the Republican presidential nominee met the clinical definition of the personality disorder. With a little more than two months to go before the Nov. 8 U.S. election, the comments by David Plouffe, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama and manager of his 2008 presidential campaign, mark another escalation in a series of blows exchanged between Trump's camp and that of his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton.