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.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

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 landfill

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

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 […]

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

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 world. In

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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.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

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 estimated 36 percent of these newborn deaths occur on the day the child is

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