Modern tipping has been used since Reconstruction to justify poverty wages for service workers, especially Black women. But as more states decide to ditch subminimum wages, voters in Portland, Maine, have the chance to say enough is enough.

Modern tipping has been used since Reconstruction to justify poverty wages for service workers, especially Black women. But as more states decide to ditch subminimum wages, voters in Portland, Maine, have the chance to say enough is enough.