Minimum wage is currently $7.25 in North Carolina. Recently, more people have been advocating for a national $15 minimum wage due to increasing costs of living. 26 states have agreed to raise their minimum wage, however, North Carolina is currently not one of them. Although NC has not joined other states in increasing wages, some […]

Fresh out of a bill-paying battle with Sprint, Special K explains why he’s only interested in speaking to black customer service representatives when he’s trying to get his phone turned back on. He says, while he was on his phone straightening things out with Spring this time around, they cut his phone off in the […]

VIA CNN African-American workers continue to earn far less than whites, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Furthermore, little progress has been made over the years to close the income gap. At a per-capita income of $18,054 in 2008, African-American earnings were just 57.9% that of whites’ $28,502. That was a slight […]