Many people work more than full time, but few earn extra money anymore. Biden is promising to change that.

This is part 1 of a 4-part series examining the 40-year effort by big business and elected officials to deny Americans extra pay for extra work.

capitalandmain.com/overworked-and… Since Gerald Ford was president, millions of workers saw their overtime eligibility slide away as their income increased, in some cases very moderately.

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As protests continue across #Minnesota and #Minneapolis it's important to remember the state's racial disparities in poverty rates are among the worst in the country. #GeorgeFloyd
capitalandmain.com/primary-snapsh… Despite having an overall poverty rate that sits below the national average, the poverty rate (27.2 percent) for African Americans is almost four times the white poverty rate in the state.

If Americans are better off than they were a decade ago, it doesn’t always feel that way. The recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and uneven, with low-income Americans experiencing fewer of the benefits. 1/7 Today, we're launching a series with our partners @guardianUS, @fastcompany and @theprospect to examine why, in an era of low unemployment, robust job increases and economic growth, tens of millions of Americans increasingly struggle to make ends meet. capitalandmain.com/united-states-… 2/7