In North Carolina the minimum wage isn’t enough to support an individual, let alone a family. Our minimum wage has remained stagnant at $7.25/hour for years, which is completely unacceptable when the majority of minimum wage earners are women, many of whom are supporting children during these increasingly expensive times. As the daughter of elderly parents, I can relate, but still only in a small way to what single mothers with small children and aging parents have on their plates. As the Shriver Report described it, women are brushing the hair of their children with one hand while...