Commentary

Commentary
By Marian Wright Edelman

One of our country’s most cherished values is the idea that if you work hard you can get ahead, be part of the middle class, raise a family comfortably, and ensure your children will do better than you did. But this is a hollow promise to countless families today. The sad truth is you can work full time in America and not be able to meet your family’s basic needs. A parent working full time at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour earns $15,080 a year before taxes.

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<p>A San Diego police officer shot and killed a very bad criminal who tried to run him down with a car. Just like in the movies, the officer stepped in front of the criminal’s onrushing car and shot his 15-bullet semi-automatic pistol all 15 times at the driver.</p>

Racial bias is structural, not merely personal, and until we think about it that way, the status quo will not change

By Rinku Sen