Why did President Obama choose $10.10 as the new minimum wage for federal contractors? And, wait, which federal workers are paid minimum wage?

Fast food workers across America are striking today, asking for $15 an hour. Their employers may not be sympathetic to their cause, but they have a friend in the White House.

President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage. Good idea?

Fast food workers across the country are walking off the job today. Workers are demanding $15 an hour.

McDonald's teamed up with Visa to create an online budget guide assisting employees with money management.

ProPublica and Marketplace team up for a special investigation into an underworld of labor brokers, known as "raiteros," who charge worker fees, pushing their pay below minimum wage.

It’s becoming harder, especially in certain cities, for low-income people to find affordable rental housing.

As the federal minimum wage has become a big topic of debate in the U.S., German politicians are in their own heated dispute over whether to have a minimum wage at all.

President Obama proposed a minimum wage increase to help the lowest-paid workers. Opponents say businesses will just eliminate jobs. We go to a restaurant to talk to an employee and employer.

During his State of the Union address last night, President Obama proposed to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour.