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Protestors demonstrate for a 15 dollar minimum wage in front of McDonalds

What we’re reading this week: June 1st

Lauren Dean June 1, 2017 June 1, 2017Further Reading

This week, we’re looking at incarceration and how the city has started implementing reparations, what kinds of jobs bring real stability to low-income families, and how affirming our students’ identities impacts their achievement in school. 1. Chicago’s new center for …

Even more reasons to raise the minimum wage

Lauren Dean May 8, 2017 May 11, 2017Jobs

A new study from the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that increasing the minimum wage would allow more workers to find affordable housing. Meanwhile, the number of low-wage jobs would…