Kenyan anti tax hike protests subside as police clamp down
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Protests in Kenyan cities against tax hikes and high living costs largely subsided on Thursday amid a heavy police presence, after several people were reported shot in clashes between security forces and demonstrators a day earlier. At least 300 people were arrested, including several senior opposition leaders, and several people were reported shot, […]
Tax-hike protesters clash with Kenyan police, two shot dead
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Stone-throwing demonstrators clashed with police on Wednesday and two were shot dead, officers on the scene said, in anti-tax protests in cities and towns around Kenya called by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Police fired tear gas to disperse protests in the capital Nairobi, the port city of Mombasa and several other towns, according […]
Essay: Playing chicken over debt and spending bills
As the US debt ceiling crisis continues, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE expresses his hope that US Congress could look seriously at government programs to make them better and more efficient rather than grandstanding for the media and their partisan base…
Africa: Mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy
KENT MENSAH and NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how moves to roll out an e-levy on mobile money transactions in cash-strapped African nations, could hurt the poorest…
Anti-poverty groups criticise rich countries over G7 tax deal
Frankfurt, GermanyReuters Anti-poverty campaigners on Monday criticised a deal reached by seven wealthy countries to impose a minimum tax on multinational companies, saying it would benefit rich nations at the expense of the poor. Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies agreed on Saturday to back the creation of a global minimum corporate […]
Essay: We can’t rebuild the US until we support families
JIM WALLIS, founder of Sojourners, looks at US President Joe Biden’s “transformative” plans addressing the “relief, recovery and rebuilding of American society”…
Britons would pay more tax for a fairer society as COVID-19 exposes inequality
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britons would be happy to pay higher taxes for a fairer, more caring and gender-equal society as the coronavirus pandemic transforms people’s views about the world they want to live in, economists said on Wednesday. In a major report to be presented to parliamentarians, regional governments and business leaders, they laid […]
HOUSING: DOOR-KNOCKING NEIGHBOURS HELP AVERT HOME SEIZURES IN THE US CITY OF DETROIT
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the success of Detroit’s Neighbor to Neighbor initiative…
Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Travellers are willing to pay more for flights if they believe the extra money will be used to tackle carbon emissions, researchers said on Friday. Passengers were more likely to book flights that carried an extra fee if it was labelled as carbon offset than if it was called a carbon tax, […]
ESSAY: EQUITY IN THE US REQUIRES NEW TAXES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CURRENT LAWS
US columnist THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, argues in favour of improving US tax laws and the powers of the Internal Revenue Service to enforce them…