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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

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VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

VCR and VCD Go Head-to-Head on Minimum Wage

Donald Hall, Senior Editor April 5, 2021

Members of the Vanderbilt College Republicans (VCR) and Vanderbilt College Democrats (VCD) took to the virtual last week, participating in a time-honored tradition of both organizations: the annual policy...

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The $15 Federal Minimum Wage: A Guide

Rion Chon, Contributor March 21, 2021

With millions of working-class Americans eagerly waiting to see if Biden could follow through on his campaign promise to raise the federal minimum wage, Mar. 5 was in line to become a watershed moment...

What The Minimum Wage Means to America, Pt I

What The Minimum Wage Means to America, Pt I

Alison Shanahan January 29, 2014

In the days before the 2014 State of the Union, the internet exploded with speculation over what Obama would cover in his address. One hot button topic was the expected use of executive orders to further...

Poverty lost in Party Politics

Poverty lost in Party Politics

Vivek Shah January 23, 2014

Abandoning the relative safety of bashing the failure of Obamacare, Republicans took a leap of faith this past week. Led by Senator Marco Rubio’s audacious declaration that the “War on Poverty” has...

Obama’s Minimum Wage: Good Politics, Contested Policy

Kyle Blaine February 14, 2013

President Obama placed the focus of his 2013 State of the Union Address squarely on the U.S. economy, and nothing does more to illustrate the tenor of Obama's fiscal agenda than his call to raise the minimum...

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