Archive for August 2025

Alexa Didinsky, for Citizen WorksJuly 25, 2025 Since 2009, the federal minimum wage has stagnated, causing problematic effects foworkers in the American economy. In 1968, the minimum wage had peak buying power($1.60) in accordance with value calculated to account for inflation (~$14.50 in 2024)(Cooper, Martinez-Hickey, and Zipperer). The minimum wage continued to increase atleast once…