We should celebrate higher minimum wages and paid leave passing in California and unique York. They’re what every US worker deservesIn 1931,banker-turned-writer James Truslow Adams argued with his publishers approximately the title of a book he’d just completed. Adams wanted to call the book The American Dream, but his publishers believed no American in the Great Depression would shell out $3 for a book by that name.
The publishers won. The book was called The Epic of America, and but Truslow had the last word. He included the phrase “the American dream” in the text some 30 times,and gave a name to the belief that You Can gain It Here, no matter your origins. Related: Americans live with the austerity you Europeans are so concerned approximately | Susan Campbell Related: What does California's unique minimum wage buy? A long commute and a room Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com