…a $15 minimum wage is more than good politics. It’s more than good policy. It’s a test of whether Democrats can deliver on the trust voters have placed with them to overcome Washington dysfunction and move the country forward.

Why not have it both ways? A 2019 Democratic proposal would establish five minimum-wage tiers for different areas of the country, based on regional living costs.

Even with the party’s newfound power and promises to address the ever-widening wealth gap, it still remains much easier for corporations and individuals to chalk up hundreds of millions in tax breaks than it is to increase workers’ minimum wage.

Many people respond to those who express vaccine hesitancy with harsh judgment and condemnation. But I advocate a different approach: We should treat individuals who hold these views with respect and listen to their concerns.

Those who undermine the vaccines weaken public resilience, and that’s a shame. The Torah’s command that we take care includes the obligation for preventative medicine, and the existing vaccine helps with that.

A basic halachic principle is dina d’malkhuta dina — the law of the land is the law. Clearly it is against Jewish law, then, to break any U.S. (or other civil) law to get vaccinated.

Today’s announcement doesn’t abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past year. Instead, it’s a reminder that each person has a role to play in their own personal safety & the safety of others.

While everyone is eager for a break from restrictions, Mr. Abbott’s decision is premature and reckless.

On Tuesday, President Biden said that the country should have enough vaccines for every adult by the end of May, which is really not that far away.

Cuomo has been seriously weakened. But he’ll have to be weaker still before derailing the life of a young woman is enough to dethrone him.

It is starting to look as if the question will soon be not if but when New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will be forced to resign.

Cuomo’s dreams of a fourth term in office, or even more starry-eyed fantasies of the Presidency, are surely over now. Assuming he isn’t forced from Albany by new or more shocking revelations of abuse, he will remain in place, a shrunken, reduced version of himself.

Jumping Jehoshaphat, Batman! In the middle of a global pandemic, at least 130,000 Israeli tourists and investors have flown to Dubai and Abu Dhabi since commercial air travel was established in mid-October!

While the deal allows for official dialogue between the countries, the opportunity for tourism also creates a chance to establish peace on a deeper level within the region, which can be achieved through engaging with different cultures, experiencing new places and investing in other livelihoods.

Elli Kriel, a sociologist by training who moved in 2013 when her husband was transferred to the Emirates for work, began serving kosher food to Jewish tourists years ago out of her home kitchen. Now she has become the go-to kosher chef in the UAE at a time when Israeli tourists have begun streaming into the country.

Just remember Cardi B’s “WAP” was NPR’s song of the year, but Dr. Seuss books are offensive.

Republican voters are paying their elected officials $174,000 a year in their own taxpayer dollars to pretend to be angry about Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head.

When Dr. Seuss died in 1991 the minimum wage was $4.25 an hour. Currently it’s $7.25. I feel like that’s the Dr. Seuss story we should be talking about. Oh, the places minimum wage won’t take you when there’s stagnating wage growth!