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May 10, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 'Can Anyone Really Take Care Of A Family On $7.40 An Hour?' Workers at a Detroit McDonald's walked off the job early Friday morning, part of a wave of fast food industry strikes that have recently swept across cities around the nation. Campaign organizers are expecting hundreds of workers to strike in Metro Detroit throughout the day at national chains like McDonald's, Popeyes, Wendy's, Little Caesars and Subway. Striking employees are demanding $15 an hour -- far more than the state's $7.40 an hour minimum wage many fast food industry workers are paid -- and the right to form a union without retaliation. Though fast food work generally pays much less than needed to support a family, with many employees earning so little they are officially poor, in the Detroit area such jobs now outnumber those in the auto industry by nearly two-to-one, according to organizers. Continue reading... The Ryan Gosling Watch Has Begun Aretha Gives Update On Biopic This Dog REALLY Likes Eminem Dave And Chuck 'The Freak' Are Back! City Official: Fight Against Vehicle 'Like Tiananmen Square' Another State Could Allow Wolf Hunting Detroit McDonald's Walkout Is Part Of National Fast Food Workers Movement City Official: Fight Against Vehicle 'Like Tiananmen Square' Detroit McDonald's Walkout Is Part Of National Fast Food Workers Movement Heidelberg Project Home Burns In Fire Yuck! Giant Snails May Be Invading Your Home State Too GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON 'Who Do You Call When You Have an Emergency?' When people in the world of "haves" I now inhabit tell me that things are impossible or too hard to achieve, I think back immediately to the women I grew up with, single moms counted out by so many. And I am inspired by and grateful for their example. Continue reading... MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE The First AIDS Generation: Grappling With Why We're Alive and What It Means All of us who were in the trenches of the AIDS war are today dealing with the grief and the survivor guilt. Many are grappling with deeper scars and something akin to post-traumatic stress. But unlike for veterans of other wars, there isn't any built-in support system for us. Continue reading... CARLO RATTI The Digitalization of Cities: Sketching a Future Urban Scenario Digitization has a profound effect on cities. Information about urban conditions can be captured in real-time, processed, and fed back into cities, enabling new ways to monitor, understand, and impact them. These transformations are on their way to revolutionize urban life. Continue reading... PATRICK O'CONNOR Visiting a College Campus in Summer (or Fall, or... ) Campus visits are a key part of college planning, even in the summer. Here's a quick review of the college visit ground rules, with a few special summer tweaks. Continue reading... STACY PARKER LE MELLE Detroit Is for Lovers: Talking Home, Family and Basketball Dreams With Poet Matthew Olzmann Matthew Olzmann is one of a handful of poets I know that can win over those who think they hate poetry. He wins over the haters because he is funny, but also because the poems have doors that open and invite you inside. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003