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Poverty

Just how low do we go in Georgia?

Two dollars and thirteen cents an hour: that’s the state’s minimum wage for tipped workers. Employers in most rich nations around the world would be committing a crime if they tried to pay their workers $2.13 an hour — or even Georgia’s state minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Some Georgia businesses are exempt from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, so some of the folks picking your food out on Georgia’s many

Healthcare

Sonny Perdue’s assault on the working poor

Food stamp policy is going to change, and not for the better. Enter Georgia’s own Sonny Perdue, who serves as the Secretary of Agriculture under the Trump administration. He has been panning the food stamps program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), all year. There’s been a push — both in this state and across the nation — to go back to having a work requirement. If you are an able-bodied adult,

Economy

The Fight Wages On

April 14 was a day of action for those fighting to raise the minimum wage. Groups like Fight for 15 and 9 to 5 gathered outside of a McDonald’s in Atlanta to protest for livable wages and the right to form workers’ unions. This ongoing fight is growing in recognition as we get closer to the presidential election. Both Democratic candidates have raising the minimum wage as a part of their platforms, but that would only affect

Economy

Gender Wage Gap Costs Georgia Women $8,000 a Year

April 12 was #EqualPayDay, highlighting the significant gender pay gap that still persists in this country. In Georgia, that pay gap is equivalent to nine months of rent or more than a year of groceries for a woman and her family. Georgia women working full-time, year-round jobs earn $8,155 less than their male counterparts, slightly below the national average of $10,762 (although wages in Georgia, overall, are lower than the national average as well). For women of