minimum wage

Roger Leonard saw his pay plunge to $340 from about $900 for two weeks' work, after Scranton's mayor unilaterally cut city-employee pay to minimum wage. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption

toggle caption

Jeff Brady/NPR

Planet Money

Scranton Workers See Pay Slashed To Minimum Wage

July 10, 2012 • Amid a budget dispute, the mayor slashed pay for city employees, and has so far ignored a court order to restore it.

Tell Me More

This Week's Lesson: It's Hard Out There

July 24, 2009 • When host Michel Martin suggested we do a segment about "Black Women Behaving Badly" (toward each other), I shook my head from side to side with force. ... I was out-voted, so I pursed these full lips together and pouted.