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### Twisting the Law

Written by Steve Martinot on April 01 2021.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/025l-6991f139.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21450:minimum-wage-would-be-44-today-if-it-had-increased-at-same-rate-as-wall-st-bonuses-analysis&catid=9)Written by Jake Johnson on March 29 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Minimum Wage Would Be $44 Today If It Had Increased at Same Rate as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21450:minimum-wage-would-be-44-today-if-it-had-increased-at-same-rate-as-wall-st-bonuses-analysis&catid=9)

A new analysis released Monday by the Institute for Policy Studies shows that the U.S. federal minimum wage would currently be just over $44 an hour—…

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Written by Bob Okun on March 29 2021.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/024k-5673a769.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21438:on-numberless-dead-bodies-and-weapons-of-war-being-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state&catid=9)### [On Numberless Dead Bodies and Weapons of War Being Necessary to the Security of a Free State!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21438:on-numberless-dead-bodies-and-weapons-of-war-being-necessary-to-the-security-of-a-free-state&catid=9)

Written by Abby Zimet on March 25 2021.

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Written by Jim Hightower on March 25 2021.

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Written by Phyllis Richardson on March 25 2021.

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Written by David Swanson on March 25 2021.

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Written by Dr. Haemin Cho on March 22 2021.

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Written by S. Novi on March 22 2021.

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Written by Olivia Alperstein on March 22 2021.

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Written by Jim Hightower on March 18 2021.

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Written by Juan Cole on March 15 2021.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on March 15 2021.

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Written by Jake Johnson on March 04 2021.

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Written by Chuck Collins and Bob Lord on March 04 2021.

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Written by Jill Richardson on March 04 2021.

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Written by Domenica Ghanem on March 04 2021.

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Written by Stephen Zunes on March 04 2021.

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Written by Joseph Grosso on March 04 2021.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on March 01 2021.

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