Raising Minimum Wage Lowers Unemployment
A new study from UC Berkeley economists dismantles the lie often told by the bosses that raising the minimum wage would lead to job losses. The study was done through the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) and examined 47 different counties, mostly in New York and California, to analyze the effects of […]
Flash Floods Will Be Worse Than Previously Predicted
Billions of dollars of federal infrastructure money could be wasted on projects that won’t be resilient enough in the face of the climate crisis. A report released by a climate nonprofit, First Street, details that the models engineers are using to predict future rainfall are outdated. First Street analyzed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]