The Best of the Week’s News

• The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-1 for preliminary measure that would raise the city minimum wage to $15/hr by 2020.

• The New York Times Editorial Board supports Los Angeles’s proposed $15/hr minimum wage.

• This op/ed by Tahmima Anam addresses sexism, religion, language, and nationalism in 750 words about public urination. It’s masterful. 

• The former president of Trader Joe’s is opening a non-profit grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 

• The execution of Clayton Lockett.