by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 9, 2023 | Feature-, News
Two cents. That’s the amount of progress made in closing the gender pay gap during the last two decades, according to a Pew Research Center report published March 1. In 2002, U.S. women earned $0.80 (median hourly earnings) for every $1.00 earned by U.S. men. Twenty...
by Merianna Harrelson | Sep 3, 2019 | Opinion
This week marks the cultural celebration of the end of the summer in the U.S. We have celebrated Labor Day since 1885 as a way to remember the social and economic success of the American worker. To many, Monday’s celebration was the last day to spend time with friends...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 30, 2018 | News
U.S. wages have not kept pace with inflation, resulting in stagnation of purchasing power over the past four decades, according to a Pew Research Center report released in early August. Unemployment is under 4 percent, the stock market is reaching all-time highs, and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 1, 2017 | News
Labor Day weekend offers a “kairos moment, a moment of crisis as well as opportunity,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops emphasized in its annual Labor Day statement. Such a moment requires Christians to identify and support cooperative initiatives...
by Bert Montgomery | Aug 30, 2007 | Opinion
If there was ever a time for the church to start preaching all the messages the Bible gives about money, wealth and poverty, surely that time is now. I offer this piece of overwhelming evidence: Times are so tough these days that even the White House press secretary...