wage gap

Today, we talk about things to think about as Michigan contemplates changes with minimum wages for tipped workers. Also, writer Michael Spradlin on adapting the political run-up to the Third Reich into a story young people can grasp. Plus: chef Abra Berens has ideas about what to do with the insanely prolific bounteous harvest of Michigan fruit available at your grocery or farmers’ market.

A new report from the state shows Michigan’s unemployment rate among women bounced back to pre-pandemic levels last year. But it’s not all good news.

How wide is the wage gap between men and women in Michigan?It’s a question that needs to be explored in a state where the 2010 U.S. Census found 284,000…

Giving women a stronger voice in Michigan is the goal of a new coalition.MI-Lead is composed of more than 30 organizations, from civil liberties and…

Well, it’s Labor Day weekend, unofficially known as the last weekend of summer, and this in itself seems horribly unfair.Weren’t we still shoveling snow a…

A new report shows it’s getting harder for people in Michigan at the lower end of the pay scale.Yannet Lathrop is a policy analyst for the Michigan League…