Pew Research ran the math four different ways. One answer flatters your paycheck. The others tell a darker story.

The issue of increasing the minimum wage is a hot topic for both liberals and conservatives. The liberal position is to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. This is not realistic, and it does not ...

This letter was written in response to Mr. Paul Harrison’s letter to the editor in the July 19 edition of The Calvert Recorder [“Minimum wage math”]. Mr. Harrison, if you are going to speak to people ...

Across Canada, minimum-wage earners face a harsh reality that no amount of budgeting can address. The hourly rates set by provincial governments simply don’t match what families actually need to live ...