It's been 13 years since the U.S. raised the minimum wage

As Americans grapple with the stiffest inflation in 40 years, many workers may ponder another milestone today: It's been exactly 13 years since the last time the U.S. raised the federal minimum wage. 

That's the longest time the baseline wage has stayed flat since the nation first implemented a minimum wage during the Great Depression.

"Today is a sad anniversary in the United States," the Patriotic Millionaires, a group in favor of progressive taxes, said in a statement. "Lawmakers have turned their backs on America's tens of millions of low-wage workers and revealed themselves to be beholden to the short-sighted interests of some of their ultra-rich donors."