Minimum Wage

A bunch of franchises say they are “in the middle of a hiring crisis” and “labor shortage” while conservatives blame “lazy” workers. They can’t imagine any other reasons why no one wants to work there.

After beating an anti-LGBTQ incumbent in the primary, this Black Queer activist is ready to take on the Rhode Island State Senate.

“What rational person would engage in this sort of activity? There is only one solution – let’s tax it,” wrote the self-loathing economist.

Alexander Acosta’s record on LGBTQ issues is thin but he has a stellar reputation defending Muslims as assistant attorney general.

Hint: It wasn’t just an attack on the LGBTQ community.

There’s been plenty of sucking up to the business community at the Human Rights Campaign, but little focus on money matters affecting low- and moderate-income LGBT people.Why can’t the HRC, the gay division of the Democratic Party, address such concerns? Is it’s because of the robust six-figure salaries of the top HRC executives? Do such compensation amounts cut off their awareness of gays who don’t make that kind of money? Or is it because the minimum wage increase doesn’t attract the attention of celebrities who appear at HRC dinners?