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

Bloomberg Taking On Obama, Romney Over Lack Of Immigration Reform

(NEW YORK) MintPress — While Democrats and Republicans continue to battle it out over who can better fix the economy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling on both sides to embrace immigration reform as a key solution. Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned Republican-turned independent, has gone online and on the road this week to lay out his […]

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, right, and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly are pictured on the North Lawn after meeting with President Obama about immigration reform at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — While Democrats and Republicans continue to battle it out over who can better fix the economy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is calling on both sides to embrace immigration reform as a key solution. Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned Republican-turned independent, has gone online and on the road this week to lay out his

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Libyans Join The Ranks Of Foreign Fighters In Syria, Training Rebel Forces

(NEW YORK) MintPress — As the fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces continues to rage in the country’s commercial capital of Aleppo, the possibility of a peaceful transfer of power is increasingly remote, despite claims that the regime is in trouble. On Tuesday, former Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab, who defected earlier this month, said […]

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By Lisa Barron
Anti-Syrian regime protesters, chant slogans as they listen to Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, unseen, a hardline Sunni Lebanese cleric, deliver a sermon in support of Syrian rebel fighters in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, after Friday prayers, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — As the fighting between Syrian rebels and government forces continues to rage in the country’s commercial capital of Aleppo, the possibility of a peaceful transfer of power is increasingly remote, despite claims that the regime is in trouble. On Tuesday, former Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab, who defected earlier this

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Fast And Furious Under Renewed Fire Following Charges DOJ Cooperated With Cartels

(NEW YORK) MintPress — The controversy over the federal government’s gun-walking operations is heating up with fresh allegations by a Mexican drug cartel member that Fast and Furious was about supplying rather than tracking guns, and a lawsuit filed on Monday by a House committee against the Attorney General seeking the release of documents related […]

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By Lisa Barron
In this July 26, 2012 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — The controversy over the federal government’s gun-walking operations is heating up with fresh allegations by a Mexican drug cartel member that Fast and Furious was about supplying rather than tracking guns, and a lawsuit filed on Monday by a House committee against the Attorney General seeking the release of documents related

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Calif. Emergency Rooms Divert Ambulances Carrying Minority Patients To Other Hospitals In Record Numbers

(NEW YORK) MintPress — If you are in need of emergency medical treatment, California is not the place to be. Especially if you are a member of a minority group. A new study has found that hospitals serving large minority populations were more likely to divert ambulances to other hospitals. The study by UC San […]

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By Lisa Barron
Doctor Steve Mo, left, listens to the heart beat of inmate Concepcion Reyes, at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif., Wednesday, April 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — If you are in need of emergency medical treatment, California is not the place to be. Especially if you are a member of a minority group. A new study has found that hospitals serving large minority populations were more likely to divert ambulances to other hospitals. The study by UC San Francisco, Stanford University and

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US Has Long History Of Failing To Address War-Related Health Problems

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Friday, Aug. 10 marks 51 years since the beginning of the American military’s spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and it took the United States until Thursday, Aug. 9 to begin cleaning up. The project aims to remove the dangerous chemical dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other […]

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By Lisa Barron
Ho Thi Lang, in the left, was combing Ngo Diep Uyen's hair after her nap at a rehabilitation center in Danang, Vietnam Tuesday Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Maika Elan)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Friday, Aug. 10 marks 51 years since the beginning of the American military’s spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and it took the United States until Thursday, Aug. 9 to begin cleaning up. The project aims to remove the dangerous chemical dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other diseases, from the

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NYPD Stop-And-Frisk Policy Intimidating, Humiliating Women

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Civil rights advocates have long condemned the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk for unfairly targeting African-Americans and Hispanics. Now, another issue is coming to light — the humiliation of women during street stops. Twenty-two-year-old Crystal Pope recalls how she and two female friends were frisked by male officers last year in Harlem. The […]

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By Lisa Barron
Demonstrators hold signs during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Civil rights advocates have long condemned the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk for unfairly targeting African-Americans and Hispanics. Now, another issue is coming to light — the humiliation of women during street stops. Twenty-two-year-old Crystal Pope recalls how she and two female friends were frisked by male officers last

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2012 Olympics Being Hailed As The Hunger Games As London Prepares For Hunger Summit

(New York) MintPress — The 2012 Olympics host city London is using its time in the spotlight to illuminate more than the world’s greatest athletes. British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a hunger summit on August 12, the closing day of the Games, to kick start a joint effort by global leaders to address starvation and […]

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By Lisa Barron
In this picture taken May 10, 2011, malnourished brothers David Paul, left, and Jameson, ages 4 and 6, stand outside their mud-walled home in the rural Kenscoff area in Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

(New York) MintPress — The 2012 Olympics host city London is using its time in the spotlight to illuminate more than the world’s greatest athletes. British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a hunger summit on August 12, the closing day of the Games, to kick start a joint effort by global leaders to address starvation and malnutrition

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