Patrick Lee Articles
CEO of Gravity Payments Cuts His Salary by 90 Percent to Raise Minimum Employer Salaries to $70,000
Dan Price, the founder and CEO of Gravity Payments in Seattle, broke the income gap between his employees and himself on Monday. The executive announced to all his employees at the beginning of the week, that he would cut his $1 million salary by 90 percent while raising the minimum salary for all ... Senate and White House Agree on Recently Passed Iran Bill
On Tuesday, the bill to allow congressional influence and oversight for the nuclear deal with Iran was unanimously passed. After months of deliberation between Congress and the White House regarding negotiations with Iran, the White House said President Barrack Obama would be willing to accept a ... Survey Finds Two Thirds of the World Religious; Correlation with Geography, Age, Income, and Education
Religion continues to pervade societies around the world while varying across spectrums of geography, age, income, and education. WIN/Gallup International published the results of a survey on Monday that revealed two-thirds of the global community still considers itself religious. Pope Francis Receives Mixed Responses for Reference to Armenian Genocide
On Sunday Pope Francis spoke on the 100th anniversary of the deaths of more than a million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks. The Pope described the actions of the Ottoman Turks as genocide, which was Turkish nationals took offensively. San Bernardino County Police Beat Suspect After Chase
On Thursday afternoon, deputies of the San Bernardino Police Department were caught beating a suspect after stopping him with a Taser during a chase in the desert hills. A video shot from a helicopter captured the image of police officers using force on the suspect after he was already face down on ... UNICEF Sends Supplies to Yemen's Capital
The conflict in Yemen has affected all levels of society in the capital. Thousands of women and children are caught in the middle of the chaos in Yemen. UNICEF stated on Friday that the first shipment of medical supplies reached the Yemen capital of Sanaa. Human Rights Group Supports Florida Bill Concerning Children Charged as Adults
A Florida State subcommittee voted on Wednesday to approve Senate Bill 1082, which calls for judges to decide whether or not children under the age of 18 should be charged as adults. Petition to Ban Conversion Therapy Reaches 120,000 Signatures
The White House expressed its support of banning therapy that attempts to change homosexual, transgender, and queer youth to a heterosexual orientation. A petition to enact Leelah’s Law, named after the teenager who committed suicide after being in conversion therapy, reached over 120,000 ... North Charleston Mayor and Police Chief Act Respond Quickly to Walter Scott's Death
The recent shooting of Walter Scott has brought immediate reaction from both the immediate community in North Charleston, South Carolina as well as the local law enforcement. Officer Michael T. Slager was arrested on Tuesday with murder charges and the police department announced his termination as ... Human Rights Group: Brazil Prisons Experiencing Overcrowding and Heightened Gang Activity
The prison system in Brazil is breeding gang activity both inside the institutions and outside on the streets. According to a report released on Wednesday by the Human Rights Watch, the prison systems in Brazil currently suffers from a lack of timely trials due to a lack of legal resource