My nephew, Luke, has been fighting for this moment since December 12, 2019. Today, my family got to watch our superhero ring the bell to celebrate his final chemo treatment🥹🧡 The best day & we are forever amazed by his strength. You did it, Lukey! No more cancer! #LukesLegion
On this day 78 years ago, 156,000 soldiers landed in Normandy to liberate France during WWII.
Every year, French soldiers take sand from Omaha Beach and rub it onto the gravestones to give the letters a gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 American soldiers buried there.
Minimum wage in:
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019 $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
If wages had kept pace with productivity gains over the last 50 years, the minimum wage would be $24/hour.
What do these corporations have in common?
Duke Energy
FedEx
T-Mobile
Penske
Kinder Morgan
Booz Allen Hamilton
Agilent
Edison
Salesforce
Textron
DISH Network
Ally Financial
Westlake Chemical
FirstEnergy
They paid nothing in federal income taxes from 2018 through 2020.
The passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a great step—and it now needs to be accompanied by the $3.5T reconciliation bill.
This is our chance to invest in the American people, reverse 40 years of trickle-down baloney, and close our public investment deficit for good.