Because making more than $2.13 per hour at a restaurant would be unreasonable. As a point of reference, European servers make a standard wage, and somehow restaurants are able to stay afloat. Read more: http://upworthy.com/how-restaurants-screw-you-and-your-server
Hint: It’s not running the country. Read more: http://upworthy.com/what-does-congress-spend-half-of-its-time-on
This clip might be 20 years old, but it’s even more relevant to today’s working families than ever. Read more: http://upworthy.com/i-remember-when-this-scene-was-first-broadcast-on-tv-and-i-was-like-aww-hell-yeah
When kids talk to each other about their problems, including alcohol and drugs, it’s so different than when adults do the talking. And that’s exactly what goes in this amazing newspaper written by street kids, for street kids. And they’re producing it cheaply enough that other kids can afford to buy it. Thousands of them…
You know what always saved long-term problems? Short-term solutions. They’re cheap, easy, and always seem to be just a day away from solving everything. Sadly, a lot of people actually believe that. Check out this video for a more comprehensive analysis of the world’s failing economy than you’re likely to get from all the talking…
When it comes to tearing up, everyone has their tipping point. But if you can listen to these bright-eyed, smiley kids explain exactly how they and their families make it through summer without catching a stone cold case of emotions, I commend you. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4VmMSnOUDk?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/she-came-here-to-swap-lunches-and-eat-with-her-bff-and-shes-all-out-of-lunches
If you’re over 25 and went to preschool, you probably spent that time in the blocks corner or with the dress-up box. You learned to follow directions, share stuff, and wait your turn. There was probably a snack and a nap, and then you went home. If you walked into a 21st-century preschool, you might…
The Nerd? Hank Green. The Suit? Hank Green. The topic? Net neutrality. WAIT! Don’t roll your eyes and click away. You don’t even want to know about one of the most important things ever? I’m begging you to hit play and learn some stuff. Please? It’s only freedom of information that’s at stake. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc2aso6W7jQ?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315]…
In Michigan, the Republican-controlled legislature succeeded in passing a new “right-to-work” law, which weakens unions’ ability to negotiate and has serious negative implications for all workers in the state. They had no public meetings, no debate, no time for review, and had Republican staffers sit in seats in the gallery to block citizens from even…
You know that old joke about forgetting your wallet and having to wash the dishes to pay for your meal? It turns out that was actually the seed of a pretty brilliant idea. In a society that’s got a pretty depressing unemployment problem, I bet it’s more than nice to be able to go out…
If young people, the unemployed, and the middle class come together, we have the power to create something much better for everyone. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N9PZAc8hCE?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] The first 2:30 is a quick summary of what got us here, and it’s quite helpful for context. At 0:16, my favorite protest sign is from a Pittsburgher. N’at. At 2:35, the…
The world’s love of chocolate borders on irrational. What is truly irrational — and sad, unjust, enraging — are the conditions under which some of it is made. Share this video and end this injustice once and for all. Thousands of children’s lives depend on it. There is so much to be disturbed about in this video…
In this novel approach, jobs are actually brought back from China, and everybody works together to build a better company here in the United States — and makes a good living at the same time. Win-win-win, right? //www.youtube.com/embed/Be7LP-u5jo8?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white Read more: http://upworthy.com/corporate-america-consider-yourself-schooled-youre-welcome
I’ve always wondered how restaurant owners got us to pay their wages for them. When tips are involved, the minimum wage is even lower than it is for everybody else — much lower. Read more: http://upworthy.com/the-secret-that-restaurants-dont-want-you-to-know-2
Meet LaTonya. She turned what for many would have been the end of the line into something positive and inspiring. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTn0DhEkLEA?rel=0&wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/when-trying-to-make-a-living-turned-into-a-nightmare-this-woman-changed-it-back-into-a-dream-4
Here’s some quick, hardcore reasons why the “no sex because I said so” education model just isn’t working. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw4v-Hwc1w?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=560&h=315] FACT CHECK TIME: Lisa mentions that 58% of students sex it up in high school. Our snazzy fact checkers disagree. 54% was the highest number they found on a CDC chart. As of 2013, that…
We all know we have too much stuff around. Lots of us have forgotten what we have in storage. We’ve all got that box we moved from apartment to apartment without even unpacking. Graham Hill asks, “Why?” He’s more extreme than I am — after all, he trusted strangers from the Internet to design his…
Lots of lower- to middle-class people in this country dream of having lots of money and the security that comes with it. That doesn’t end up happening for most of us. So sometimes we fight for what money we can get despite the consequences. Take a look at what happened to Amanda Brown’s family when…
Teacher Appreciation Week is a time when we let those in our lives who teach our kids know how much we appreciate them. It’s in May each year, but how about we tell them right now, too? They could use the love and mental hugs anytime. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPYLJI247g?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white] Read more: http://upworthy.com/if-id-known-then-what-i-know-now-teachers-write-their-younger-selves-a-letter
The dog may be “man’s best friend,” but not for people who are forced to live in fear of a dog bite turning their lives upside down. Good thing for health heroes like Dr. Miranda, working to keep them right-side up. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFQii05vKI?wmode=transparent&showinfo=0&controls=1&enablejsapi=1&rel=0&version=3&color=white&w=810&h=456] Read more: http://upworthy.com/these-dogs-cant-really-help-what-theyre-doing-to-people-but-the-right-people-can