The hikes come as a direct result of organizing by thousands of people in the union-backed “Fight for 15” movement that kicked off in 2012, which was quickly derided by pundits.
Prison inmates in Texas and other states have called for strikes against forced labor and are demanding better living conditions and health care.
“The deeper scandal is what’s legal, not what’s not,” the ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer said of the NSA revelations. The same is true of the corrupted political and legal systems exposed by the Panama Papers.
Thousands of protesters rallied outside Iceland's parliament to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson over an offshore account he kept secret.
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Countries worldwide may lose about $200 billion per year due to tax evasion and another $130 billion due to tax avoidance.
by Adam Dietrich, Varun Bajaj, Kellan Marvin