Good Policy Meets Good Politics: It's Past Time To Raise The Minimum Wage

Good Policy Meets Good Politics: It's Past Time To Raise The Minimum Wage

The time has come to talk about raising the minimum wage. In fact, the conversation is way overdue.Though most states—30, to be precise—have raised their wage floors relative to that of the federal floor, which has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009—the longest stretch on record without an increase in the federal level—the rest have not done so. (Some of those laggards have higher within-state minimums; this dynamic map from EPI captures all the geo…