New 'do no harm' test targets low-earning college degrees : NPR

"We know we need nurses. We know we need journalists. We know we need early childhood educators," he said. "We don't know how many artists we need, but I can guarantee that if you eliminate access, we will impoverish our cultural life nationally."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans 

It's not just inflation. Wages are falling behind too : NPR

The Brookings affordability report found nearly 38 million households would be able to get by if workers' wages rose by $10 per hour. But that's a tall order in a nation where the federal minimum wage has been frozen at $7.25 an hour since 2009...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/28/nx-s1-5836525/affordability-report-brookings-inflation-wages

 

CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay

When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025.

 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages

 

Gov. J.B. Pritzker On Invoking the 25th Amendment & Trump's Iran TACO Deal (Find Out podcast on YouTube)

We are very excited to have Governor J.B. Pritzker (D. IL) on the Find Out Podcast. Governor Pritzker has long been one of Trump's loudest critics, fighting him every step of the way. Last year, Governor Pritzker was the first Democratic Governor and potential 2028 presidential candidate to call for invoking the 25th Amendment. Pritzker renewed his call after Trump threatened to end Iran's whole civilization if they didn't meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Despite reaching a two week ceasefire, Governor Pritzker also points out that Trump didn't really secure much of a deal with Iran after all his threats. In fact, Governor Pritzker points out that Mr. Art Of The Deal ended up with another TACO deal. It's very clear that something is mentally wrong with Trump, especially after this whole ordeal, and now is the perfect time to invoke the 25th Amendment.

Trump's illegal war with Iran wasn't the only thing on our minds when we interviewed the Governor. Pritzker opens up about how Trump still owes every American family $1,700 after the Supreme Court ruled his tariffs were illegal. The Governor also touches upon his ideas for Democrats to address affordability concerns including homeownership, raising wages and making it easier to join or start a union.

00:37 Please Welcome One Of America's Best Governors
00:50 Trump's Iran TACO Deal
02:43 Costs Were Coming Way Down Under Joe Biden
03:39 Every American Is Owed $1,700 From Trump's Tariffs
07:40 Invoking The 25th Amendment
11:10 What Can Democrats Do?
13:53 Addressing The Affordability Crisis That Trump Made Worse
17:10 Thank You Governor For Your Time
17:54 The Types Of Democrats We Need Running On The National Level
20:10 Don't Rule Out Zohran Mamdani On Anything
23:04 The People Who Were Cheering For Trump A Year Ago Are Now Calling For His Removal
24:19 Joe Rogan & Theo Von Going Back & Forth On Trump
29:03 J.D. Vance Being Completely In The Dark On Iran
30:46 The Massive Flips In Wisconsin
36:46 Desperate For Someone Who Will Never Do That Again
39:08 Strait Of Hormuz Closed Again

Interview: 

• Audio only: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-find-out-podcast/id1802722241?i=1000760417056 
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/QboZih-2CVY?si=ELZJE4BDuKtihk1Z

The hidden power keeping wages low : Planet Money : NPR

Monopsony is a cool word for an important idea, especially in labor markets: when employers face limited competition for workers, they gain power to pay them less and treat them worse than they otherwise could.  

While Robinson and other scholars believed monopsony power could be a significant force in the economy, for a long time mainstream economists treated monopsonies as a kind of unicorn — found only in rare circumstances, like small towns with a single dominant employer or companies that employ highly specialized kinds of workers who don't have other job options. 

But in a new book, The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It, the economist Arindrajit Dube offers a theory — drawing on a growing body of peer-reviewed research — that monopsony power is much more widespread throughout the economy than previously thought, even in markets that at first blush seem rather competitive. And that matters because monopsony power could be used to suppress wages…

 https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/04/21/g-s1-118071/the-hidden-power-keeping-wages-low

 

Why are people homeless?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o9C7DVdrExw

 

United Farm Workers sues to block Trump from lowering farmworker pay - The Washington Post

A new Labor Department rule that makes it cheaper for farmers to hire foreign guest-workers illegally drives down wages for U.S. citizen farmworkers, the union said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/21/united-farm-workers-trump-lawsuit/

LIVE: Trump SECRET Payment’s SHOCK TIES TO EPSTEIN Revealed

Today, Allison reveals the $130M donor to pay the military is connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, Jack Smith calls Jim Jordan's bluff to testify but he wants to do it publicly, and Judge Ellis has ordered testimony from Gregory Bovino.

www.youtube.com/live/gJjI6FREHXI

 

Mass deportations cause American workers to lose jobs, wages to go down,...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-_kPMQrZAMc

Wages aren't keeping up with inflation, with some jobs falling further behind than others - CBS News

Only about 54% of Americans say they are satisfied with their current wages, according to a new analysis from Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That represents the lowest satisfaction level since the NY Fed began tracking the measure in 2014. 

Even high-income households, which contribute about half of all consumer spending and drive economic growth, are facing bigger financial hurdles, including surging delinquencies on credit cards and auto loans, according to recent research...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wages-income-falling-behind-inflation-jobs-profession-education-manufacturing/

Trump's new favorite economic talking point: what to know

In the last couple of years wage growth has outstripped inflation, and the pattern has continued in the first five months of the Trump administration…

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/20/trump-inflation-wage-growth 

 

Boeing workers end bitter seven-week strike after clinching new pay deal

The union said members voted 59% in favor of the new contract, which includes a 38% pay rise spread over four years, easing pressure on new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg after two previous offers were voted down in recent weeks...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/05/boeing-workers-end-strike-walkout-seattle-portland-california  

Trump is anti-worker. Here are 10 of his most shocking anti-worker statements

The former president actually said that the wages of US workers are 'too high'. And that's far from the worst…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/23/trump-anti-worker-union-statements

Dock workers ended strike – but dispute is not over yet

The interim agreement expires in January, and a further strike would again hurt America's fragile supply chain…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/05/us-dock-workers-ports-strike-dispute

Breaking our democracy is all part of the GOP plan - Raw Story

These are the people Republicans are counting on to support transforming America from a democratic republic into a strongman authoritarian oligarchy. The GOP's bet is that if they can keep things broken and bad enough long enough, then people will demand a dictator "who can get things done." 

They even hatched a scheme called Project 2025 that hyper-concentrates political power in the White House, pre-positioning the next Republican president to be America's first dictator. 

The good news is that President Biden is actually doing something about each of these areas where Republicans have worked so hard for the past 43 years to break our country. And his work is producing good fruit: inflation is down, employment is up, wages are up, and consumer confidence is growing…

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/republicans-destroy-democracy/

U.S. Employers Added 303,000 Jobs in 39th Straight Month of Growth - The New York Times

The March data increased confidence among economists and investors that robust hiring and rising wages can continue to coexist while inflation eases...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/business/economy/jobs-report-march-2024.html

Americans under 40 saw a massive increase in wealth since 2019

Americans under 40 saw their wealth rise by a staggering 80% since pre-pandemic — a far higher rate than any other age group, per new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/americans-wealth-pandemic

Why McDonald’s has been raising prices - Vox

Businesses don't merely charge what they must in order to meet expenses; they charge what they can get. When consumers have more money to spend, fast food chains tend to have more scope for raising prices without losing business. Since the pandemic, we've seen substantial increases in both demand for quick-service meals, and the costs of food and rent. So, wage growth is by no means solely responsible for the rising cost of Egg McMuffins...

https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/9/24027094/fast-food-prices-wages-mcdonalds

As UAW workers strike, a look at what has happened to autoworker pay - The Washington Post

We knew autoworkers used to do pretty well. But we didn't understand just how high their pay had been — and how far they'd fallen — until we ran the numbers...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/22/uaw-strike-autoworker-pay/

Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks

For some cash-strapped workers, the solution can be found in an earned wage access app — an increasingly popular service that offers users early pay, often in exchange for a fee, for work they've already completed but haven't yet gotten a paycheck for...

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23863440/early-earned-wage-access-apps-payday-loans-regulation-earnin-moneylion-dailypay