Minimum Wage, Maximum Rage
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🗓️ 26 February 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The House is expected to pass its COVID relief bill as soon as today, but there's still a question of what happens when the bill gets to the Senate. Yesterday the Senate parliamentarian said the minimum wage increase couldn’t pass via the budget process. We explain the ruling, the reaction and where things could go from here.
With Black History Month almost over, we spoke to Black history educators from across the country about what it means to them in 2021 and who they are celebrating this year.
And in headlines, we're joined by special guest Nicole Byer: Lady Gaga's friend shot and dogs stolen, a man implicates himself at the Capitol riots by texting his ex, and Trump's tax records are in the hands of Manhattan prosecutors.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, February 26th. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm getting a rest again. This is what a day where we are learning to cook new meals |
| 0:12.4 | and quarantine like pasta but different. |
| 0:14.6 | Yeah, I enjoyed pasta for the first six months, but in the last six months making the pasta |
| 0:19.0 | just a little different has been essential for me. |
| 0:21.6 | Yeah, honestly, I'm gonna go no sauce. |
| 0:34.8 | On today's show, we hear from Black History Educators about what Black History Month in 2021 |
| 0:39.1 | means to them, then some headlines. |
| 0:41.4 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:43.2 | Federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has not been raised by Congress since 2007. |
| 0:52.3 | Got that minimum wage not been raised by Congress since 2007, 14 years ago. |
| 0:58.7 | And let us be clear, no ifs buts and maybes. |
| 1:01.8 | $7.25 an hour is a starvation wage. That's what it is. |
| 1:07.6 | That was Senator Bernie Sanders at a hearing yesterday making the case for raising the |
| 1:11.0 | federal minimum wage. He and others have been hoping to do that in the upcoming COVID relief |
| 1:15.5 | bill. And speaking of that bill, things are in flux as usual, but the House is expected |
| 1:20.3 | to try and pass it as soon as today, which means it's time for a new segment we're calling |
| 1:24.5 | stimulus countdown, which is working title. |
| 1:27.3 | Let us know if you have any suggestions at all. |
| 1:29.0 | We are listening. |
| 1:30.0 | Wow, accurately captures all of our feelings. |
| 1:44.3 | We're tired of waiting for this, but let's get into it. |
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