It is also in the light of the tragic events in Afghanistan that not forgetting Gino Strada becomes a moral duty. The denounce of cruelty, stupidity, and uselessness of war.
Tthe federal minimum wage not keep pace with productivity growth, and neither with inflation. A person working at the minimum wage today is getting lower pay than a worker did 53 years ago in 1968.
The scale and speed of the collapse in Afghanistan after twenty years of nation building is a damning indictment of the national security and foreign policy establishment.