short readsMar 12, 2021 When it comes to raising the minimum wage, most of the action is in cities and states, not Congress The $7.25 federal minimum wage is used in just 21 states, which collectively account for about 40% of all U.S. wage and salary workers.
short readsMay 14, 2020 The state of the U.S. Postal Service in 8 charts The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.
short readsApr 12, 2018 Proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution seldom go anywhere The vast majority of proposed amendments die quiet, little-mourned deaths in committees and subcommittees.
short readsFeb 23, 2017 Q&A with Solomon Messing of Pew Research Center’s Data Labs A conversation with the director of the Center’s Data Labs team on their new report on congressional communications and the uses and misuses of “big data.”