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Sam Palmer and Petra Ecclestone attend the Maddox Gallery Los Angeles Presents: "The Disrupters" by David Yarrow on June 13, 2019 in West Hollywood, California.
THAT’S RICH!

Husband of F1 Heiress Delivers Whiny Tirade Against Tipping

Sam Palmer took to Instagram from the couch of his $30.5 million Los Angeles mansion to speak his insanely out-of-touch truth.

Edith Olmsted

A person holds a placard criticizing Uber and Lyft.
SAYING SAYONARA

Lyft, Uber to Leave Minneapolis After Minimum Wage Hike

A new ordinance passed Thursday is set to take effect on May 1, requiring the companies to increase driver wages to meet the local minimum wage of $15 an hour.

Brett Bachman

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on "Meet the Press" in Washington D.C. in Feb. 2024
DOUGHN’T BELIEVE IT

Newsom Slams Claim That Bread Exemption Helped Donor

The California governor was accused of making an exemption to the state’s new minimum wage that would benefit one of his donors.

Amanda Yen

Gavin Newsom allegedly pushed for a bakery exemption to California’s FAST Act that will benefit his donor Greg Flynn.
SAVING DOUGH

Newsom Donor Gains From Weird Minimum Wage Exemption: Report

The California governor allegedly pushed for the exemption.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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IMPROVEMENT?

Walmart Raises Its Wages for Some U.S. Workers

Hourly wages will go up to an average of over $17.50 starting in March.

Asta Hemenway

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COMEUPPANCE

Private Prison Must Pay ICE Detainees $17M for $1-a-Day Work

Some detainees say they weren’t paid at all or were just given candy.

Kana Ruhalter

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FALLING SHORT

These Dems Want a $15 Wage. Guess What Their Interns Make.

From Nancy Pelosi to Pramila Jayapal, offices of Democratic lawmakers are offering interns less than $15 an hour. And most of them say it’s the system’s fault.

Roger Sollenberger

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LOUD AND CLEAR

Kyrsten Sinema’s Ring Is a New ‘I Really Don’t Care, Do U?’

Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who voted against raising the minimum wage, wore an expletive-laden ring to brunch. It is not sexist to criticize it.

Alaina Demopoulos

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MONEY TALKS

The Democrats’ New More-Free-Stuff Agenda Is a True Winner

Out with austerity and fretting about future deficits and trying to win over nonexistent Republican support. In with public investment and helping people. It’s about time.

Michael Tomasky

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IT’S NEVER EASY

Democrats Are Learning Fast Why Being in Power Can Suck

The minimum-wage situation is dispiriting, to put it mildly. But that’s what legislating is. Even Franklin Roosevelt had to learn that lesson.

Michael Tomasky

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DON’T MOURN. ORGANIZE.

Dems’ Tricky Two-Step: First COVID Relief, Then a Wage Hike

The parliamentarian’s ruling is a setback for Biden’s agenda. But a minimum-wage increase is still far from dead.

Michael Tomasky

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