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In the latest video on Upworthy's Workonomics channel, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains the top reasons to support an increase in the minimum wage and refutes the arguments against it. From discussing the effects of raising the wage on the economy to who really benefits from the minimum wage, Reich explains the key facts in less than three minutes.
The leaves have turned red and gold but the call to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a road map to citizenship hasn’t changed. With only a few weeks before Congress dismisses for the year, there isn’t much time to make sure members of Congress are listening.
On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that has become one of the biggest days of retail sales in the United States, Walmart workers and other working families are going to rally at the retail giant's locations around the country, asking the country's largest employer to pay its workers a living wage and allow them to come together and speak out for change without fear of retaliation.Find an action near you at www.blackfridayprotests.com.
Two teenagers were arrested after they broke into a Denver middle school with guns overnight and ransacked classrooms, police said early Tuesday.
Two juveniles were arrested after they broke into a Denver middle school with guns overnight and ransacked classrooms, police said early Tuesday. The two males surrendered at the scene after a "cat and mouse game” with officers lasting several hours, Denver Police Chief Robert White told reporters.
Two juveniles were taken into custody at a Denver middle school early Tuesday after they were seen entering the grounds overnight armed with rifles and backpacks, police said.
A suspected gunman was found dead early Tuesday after a shooting at a New Jersey mall, police said.The body of Richard Shoop was discovered in an area of the Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, N.J., at around 3:20 a.m. ET.
Police surrounded a Denver school early Tuesday amid reports two armed men with backpacks were inside.A SWAT team was on the scene at the Noel Middle School in the northeast of the city, Denver Police Department said on its Twitter feed.
By Daniel Arkin and Becky Bratu, NBC NewsA New Jersey mall remained on lockdown Monday night after a man — dressed in all black, wearing a helmet and armed with a rifle, according to witnesses — fired “several shots” inside, police said.
One of the Transportation Security Administration officers injured in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday spoke publicly for the first time Monday and said he was more concerned with the safety of others than his own well-being.
