US Politics
The Minimum Wage Mirage: Why California's Incremental Increases Fail Working Families
California's minimum wage will increase to $16.90 per hour in January 2024, marking another step in the state's decade-long effort to raise wages for low-income workers. This incremental progress represents a heartbreaking failure to address the crushing reality that minimum wage earners still need to work 98 hours weekly just to afford basic housing.
