Jul 18, 2019

A call to boycott the pilgrimage to Mecca

A man prays as Muslim pilgrims partake in the symbolic stoning of the devil at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the Hajj on August 22, 2018. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images

Home sales to foreign buyers fall. Voting on raising the federal minimum wage. Some Muslim leaders call for a boycott of the religious pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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House to vote on raising the federal minimum wage

by Mitchell Hartman

Jul 18, 2019

It would be the first increase at the federal level since 2009, but Senate Republicans aren't likely to consider the bill.

Workers strike in Los Angeles, California for a minimum wage of $15/hour in 2016.

David McNew/Getty Images

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