2013: The Year To End Hate Crimes Against American Muslims

(MintPress) – A few weeks ago Sunando Sen, an immigrant to America who had recently achieved his own American dream of opening a small business was murdered in New York City when a stranger pushed him onto the subway tracks where both Sen and his dreams were crushed in an instant by a fast moving train. […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 photo, New York City Police Department detectives escort Erika Menendez, second from left, out of the 112th Precinct in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Newsday, Danielle Finkelstein)

(MintPress) - A few weeks ago Sunando Sen, an immigrant to America who had recently achieved his own American dream of opening a small business was murdered in New York City when a stranger pushed him onto the subway tracks where both Sen and his dreams were crushed in an instant by a fast moving train. Although Sen, the owner of a copy shop in

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Arming Educators Suggested While Mental-Illness, Violence Left Unaddressed

(MintPress) — As a college professor, it’s not uncommon to get emails alerting me to various professional development and other training opportunities, but the one that showed up in my inbox this week was uncommon, to say the least. The notification I received was an invitation to a free Minnesota Permit to Carry class specifically for […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photo an AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

(MintPress) — As a college professor, it’s not uncommon to get emails alerting me to various professional development and other training opportunities, but the one that showed up in my inbox this week was uncommon, to say the least. The notification I received was an invitation to a free Minnesota Permit to Carry class specifically for educators

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Who’s Joining the US Military? Poor, Women And Minorities Targeted

(MintPress) – Be all that you can be. That’s the slogan of the U.S. Army, and when its uttered, the picture that likely springs to mind is one of a young, white male in fatigues. G.I. Joe — “the real American hero”. But that popular cliche perhaps does not ring true to the reality — […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
In a May 9, 2012 photo, Capt. Sara Rodriguez of the 101st Airborne Division walks through the woods during the expert field medical badge testing at Fort Campbell, Ky., on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

(MintPress) - Be all that you can be. That’s the slogan of the U.S. Army, and when its uttered, the picture that likely springs to mind is one of a young, white male in fatigues. G.I. Joe — “the real American hero”. But that popular cliche perhaps does not ring true to the reality — past or present — of who has and is joining and serving in the

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US Birthrate Decline Noted Along With Problems Stemming From Overpopulation

(MintPress) – A new study released by the Pew Research Center revealed that the U.S. birthrate dipped last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women feeling the pressure of the recession. Overall, the U.S. birth rate, or the the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
A newborn baby is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Pool/Maartje Blijdenstein)

(MintPress) – A new study released by the Pew Research Center revealed that the U.S. birthrate dipped last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women feeling the pressure of the recession. Overall, the U.S. birth rate, or the the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime childbearing ages of 15-44, declined 8

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The Myth Of The Great Emancipator: The Curious Case of Honest Abe

(MintPress) – While much of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln is tied up with the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, which effectively abolished slavery in the United States, there is much more to the man than meets the eye. Or the eye of Hollywood, which paints a prolific and much mythologized picture of the […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. (Photo by Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress, Washington D.C.)

(MintPress) - While much of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln is tied up with the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, which effectively abolished slavery in the United States, there is much more to the man than meets the eye. Or the eye of Hollywood, which paints a prolific and much mythologized picture of the 16th president in one of its latest

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Black Friday Madness Spurs ‘Buy Nothing Day’

(MintPress) – There’s an interesting meme circulating around the cyber world right now which describes what more and more Americans are finding problematic with the mass consumerism that has come to dominate the holiday season. In the cartoon, a smiling woman pushes a shopping cart chock full of items. The text reads, “Black Friday: Because […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
Shoppers attempt to navigate snaking lines and clogged aisles during Target's Black Friday sales event in Flint, Mich. on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Flint Journal, Griffin Moores)

(MintPress) – There’s an interesting meme circulating around the cyber world right now which describes what more and more Americans are finding problematic with the mass consumerism that has come to dominate the holiday season. In the cartoon, a smiling woman pushes a shopping cart chock full of items. The text reads, “Black Friday: Because only

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