Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Poverty: American Style

“The American Dream is rapidly becoming the American illusion.”

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Time Running Out For Latino Community Standing Up Against Waste Facility

The town of Kettleman City, Calif., site of a toxic waste landfill, is plagued with infant mortality and birth defects.

Time Running Out For Latino Community Standing Up Against Waste Facility

Update: According to The Center for Race Poverty and the Environment, the Department of Toxic Substance Control is extending comment period regarding proposed expansion of the Kettleman City Waste Facility until Oct. 25. The petition will remain open until that time.

A low-income community that came out fighting against a local toxic

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Addressing Media Bias, Activists Petition NYT To Revise Coverage Of Chavez

Honduras then-elected President Manuel Zelaya, left, re […]

In the USA, the former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to be labeled a “dictator,” a “despot” and a “tyrant” who oppressed his country during his 14 years in office. The image is inconsistent with the reports of elections monitors who have declared Venezuelan elections to be among the most free and democratic anywhere in the

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Why Does The US Lead The Western World In First-Day Infant Deaths?

Hint: It has a lot to do with poverty, immigration laws and a lack of health care coverage.

Throughout the world, first-day mortality claims over a million babies per day, as reported this week by Save the Children. According to the organization’s “State of the World’s Mothers” report, newborn mortality now represents 43 percent of the global under-5 mortality. An

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Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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