Lisa Barron

Lisa Barron is Mint Press's 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 lbarron@mintpress.net. Follow Lisa on Twitter at @LisaBarronMPN

Risking Citizens’ Welfare Leads To Concerns About 2012 Peace Prize Award To EU

“The European Union … clearly is not one of ‘the champions of peace’ Alfred Nobel had in mind and described in his will as ‘the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of […]

November 07th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

Risking Citizens’ Welfare Leads To Concerns About 2012 Peace Prize Award To EU

"The European Union ... clearly is not one of 'the champions of peace' Alfred Nobel had in mind and described in his will as 'the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace

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Red Cross Defends Early Response To Sandy, Continues Relief Work

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Another major disaster, another case of the American Red Cross getting flak, not necessarily justified, for its response. “They’re always the ones under the microscope,” said Major George Hood of the Salvation Army, which considers itself a Red Cross partner during times of disaster even though it competes with them for […]

November 06th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

Red Cross Defends Early Response To Sandy, Continues Relief Work

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Another major disaster, another case of the American Red Cross getting flak, not necessarily justified, for its response. "They're always the ones under the microscope," said Major George Hood of the Salvation Army, which considers itself a Red Cross partner during times of disaster even though it competes with them for

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SIGAR Pinpoints Corruption In Afghan Reconstruction Projects

(NEW YORK) MintPress – After John F. Sopko was selected to serve as the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) by President Obama in May of this year, he hit the ground running, actively combating corruption in the implementation of more than $89.5 billion taxpayer dollars provided to programs aimed at rebuilding the country. In […]

October 30th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

SIGAR Pinpoints Corruption In Afghan Reconstruction Projects

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Lone Star State Threatens To Take Action Against Election Observers

(NEW YORK) MintPress – In 1999, the Texas Tourism Board ran an ad campaign featuring Lyle Lovett singing the refrain “That’s Right, You’re Not from Texas, but Texas wants you anyway.” Fast forward to today and officials in the state have quite a different message for a certain group of outsiders: You are not welcome here. On Thursday, Texas’ […]

October 29th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

Lone Star State Threatens To Take Action Against Election Observers

(NEW YORK) MintPress – In 1999, the Texas Tourism Board ran an ad campaign featuring Lyle Lovett singing the

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Ecuador Concerned About Julian Assange’s Health As Wikileaks Founder Unveils New Leaked Documents

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Despite being holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted diplomatic asylum by the country’s government, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has had a busy week. On Wednesday, he received a visit from fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who was wearing the T-shirt she closed her recent London Show with, bearing the […]

October 26th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

Ecuador Concerned About Julian Assange’s Health As Wikileaks Founder Unveils New Leaked Documents

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Despite being holed up at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been granted diplomatic asylum by the country’s government, WikiLeaks founder

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NYPD Resorting To Undercover Spies To Infiltrate Muslim Communities

“We need you to pretend to be one of them. It’s street theater.” — NYPD to 19-year old Shamiur Rahman, police informant, on his work in Muslim communities (NEW YORK) MintPress – Bengali native Rahman says he was ordered by the New York police to go undercover “creating” and capturing terrorist suspects by befriending Muslims and discussing jihad with them. […]

October 25th, 2012

By Lisa Barron

NYPD Resorting To Undercover Spies To Infiltrate Muslim Communities

“We need you to pretend to be one of them. It’s street theater.” — NYPD to 19-year old Shamiur Rahman, police informant, on his work in Muslim communities

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Bengali native Rahman

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ACLU Taking On The Government Over Transparency At Gitmo Trial

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Last week’s appearance in U.S. military court by the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four alleged accomplices — his nephew, Ali Abdulaziz Ali; Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash; Ramzi bin al-Shibh; and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi — was their first since May. It […]

October 24th, 2012

By Lisa Barron