Lisa Barron

Lisa Barron is Mint Press's former New York Correspondent. She has worked for leading news organizations, including Time, Inc., CNN, CNBC and CBS News, in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East as well as in the United States. She has won two Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for her work in Iraq, where she spent fourteen months covering the war for CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath and WCBS-TV. Contact Lisa at [email protected]. Follow Lisa on Twitter at @LisaBarronMPN

Fast Food Workers Mobilize In NYC, Walking Off Job To Protest Work Conditions, Demand Unionization

Just one week after non-union employees at 1,000 Walmart stores across the country escalated their unprecedented wave of strikes, bringing the biggest disruptions yet to the retail giant, fast food workers at several restaurant chains throughout New York City made history of their own when they walked off the job on Thursday to protest low […]

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Patrons enter the Taco Bell fast-food restaurant in Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

Just one week after non-union employees at 1,000 Walmart stores across the country escalated their unprecedented wave of strikes, bringing the biggest disruptions yet to the retail giant, fast food workers at several restaurant chains throughout New York City made history of their own when they walked off the job on Thursday to protest low

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Hopes Of Truce Shatter As Violence Continues To Escalate In Gaza

Wednesday’s air strike by the IDF on a car carrying the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza shattered hopes that a truce mediated by Egypt on Tuesday could pull the two sides back from the brink of war. It came after five days of escalating Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli strikes at militant targets, and made […]

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By Lisa Barron
A Palestinian boy holds a window pane taken from a damaged house hit in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Wednesday’s air strike by the IDF on a car carrying the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza shattered hopes that a truce mediated by Egypt on Tuesday could pull the two sides back from the brink of war. It came after five days of escalating Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli strikes at militant targets, and made the commander, Ahmed

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To Control China’s Power, Obama Strengthens Ties To Asian Countries Ignoring Human Rights Abuses

The U.S. may still be at war in Afghanistan and increasingly involved in hot spots in the Middle East and North Africa, but on his first overseas trip since re-election, President Barack Obama will be visiting Asia. His top national security team is already moving ahead with the administration’s so-called strategic “pivot” to Asia-Pacific in a […]

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By Lisa Barron
In this Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 photo, a monk walks past a a wall painting created by graffiti artists to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama on a street in Yangon, Myanmar. Obama is scheduled to visit Myanmar later this week, the first visit by a U.S. president to the the one-time pariah nation, which is emerging from decades of military rule. (AP Photo/Aung Pyae)

The U.S. may still be at war in Afghanistan and increasingly involved in hot spots in the Middle East and North Africa, but on his first overseas trip since re-election, President Barack Obama will be visiting Asia. His top national security team is already moving ahead with the administration’s so-called strategic “pivot” to Asia-Pacific in a

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US Military Spends Billions On Ammunition As Budget Deficit Looms Large

Last month alone, the Defense Department awarded 310 contracts with a combined potential value of $37.4 billion.

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By Lisa Barron
Photo of Hellfire missiles being loaded onto a US military Reaper drone in Afghanistan by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force

One week after the elections, and seven weeks after they last gathered in Washington, Republican and Democratic legislators returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to tackle unfinished business, the most critical of which is the impending double whammy of automatic tax increases and spending cuts. President Barack Obama and members of Congress have

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OWS Picks Up Pieces As Gov’t Neglects Victims Left Homeless After Sandy

(NEW YORK) MintPress – If you go to Occupy Wall Street’s website these days, it’s all about Sandy. “We Got It,” screams a posting. Indeed, in  the past two weeks, Occupiers have set up a massive do-it-yourself response to the hurricane, helping victims in some of the hardest hit areas of New York City, many […]

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In this Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 photo, at YANA (You are Never Alone), an outreach center that is currently housing Occupy Sandy, a volunteer aid organization in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, volunteers and those seeking assistance stand outside. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – If you go to Occupy Wall Street’s website these days, it’s all about Sandy. “We Got It,” screams a posting. Indeed, in  the past two weeks, Occupiers have set up a massive do-it-yourself response to the hurricane, helping victims in some of the hardest hit areas of New York City, many of whom are still without power, heat

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A Tale Of Two Cities: NYC Public Housing Residents Still Without Relief After Sandy

“There’s nothing more important than us getting this right.”  President Barack Obama on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts (NEW YORK) MintPress – Just six days before the general election, Obama took time out from his campaign to tour storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey with Gov. Chris Christie. But in neighboring New York, where more than 285,000 homes […]

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By Lisa Barron
This photo taken Oct. 30, 2012, shows a utility crew working on damaged power lines in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy in Berlin, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“There’s nothing more important than us getting this right."  President Barack Obama on Hurricane Sandy relief efforts (NEW YORK) MintPress – Just six days before the general election, Obama took time out from his campaign to tour storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey with Gov. Chris Christie. But in neighboring New York, where more than 285,000

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How Will System Change With Introduction Of 16 New Vets In Congress?

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Veterans Day may not be until next week, but many of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are already making their voices heard. A record high 42 new veterans ran for Congress this year —  by far the most that the post-9/11 generation of veterans has seen in national elections since […]

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By Lisa Barron
In this Thursday, March 11, 2010 file photo, Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, arrives at the World War II Memorial in Washington for a ceremony honoring World War II veterans who fought in the Pacific. Duckworth became a double amputee when her National Guard helicopter was shot down in Iraq in 2004. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Veterans Day may not be until next week, but many of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are already making their voices heard. A record high 42 new veterans ran for Congress this year —  by far the most that the post-9/11 generation of veterans has seen in national elections since the start of the wars — and 16 of

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