Grassroots Peacebuilding: Palestinian, Israeli Youth Turn To Sports

After months of building ramps and a halfpipe, the skate park finally opened in Gaza in April.

by Martin Michaels

Peace Activists Face Terrorism Charges For Trying To Turn Reactor Into Plowshares

Their intent to break into the facility was to follow the words of Isaiah 2:4: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares.”

On June 28, 2012, three longtime peace activists -- Sister Megan Rice, 82, Greg Boertje-Obed, 57 and Michael Walli, 63 -- cut through a chain-link fence surrounding a nuclear weapons production facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., which had signs saying “No Trespassing.” Their goal was to symbolically

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Katie Rucke

Katie Rucke is a MintPress staff writer and investigative report specializing in the war on drugs, criminal justice, marijuana legislation, education and watchdog investigations as well as whistle-blowers. Her investigations related to the coverage of the 2010 Toyota recall scandal, and coverage of the trials of Anonymous hacker and proclaimed activist Jeremy Hammond as well as Bradley Manning have received international acclaim. Rucke has been recommended by the Wikileaks organization as a trusted journalist in 2013. Rucke has also written pieces for Yahoo! and various community magazines. Follow Katie on Twitter: @katierucke

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Scandals With Traction?

Thirty-nine percent of polled Republicans convinced that the Benghazi issue is the worst scandal in American history don’t know where Benghazi is.

Forty-one percent of Republicans, according to a recent poll, think the “cover-up” of Benghazi is the “biggest political scandal in American history. Forty-three percent disagree; 74 percent think it was worse than

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Somali-American Faces Life In Prison For Donating To Al-Shabaab

Her sentencing hearing Thursday in the Minneapolis Federal Court could seal her fate behind bars for the rest of her life.

A Minnesota humanitarian worker named Amina Farah Ali faces life in prison for charges of providing material support for Al-Shabaab, an armed group in Somalia considered a terrorist organization by a bevy of countries, including the U.S., Australia and Canada. Her sentencing hearing Thursday in the Minneapolis Federal Court could seal

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New Illinois Fracking Regulations Heralded As ‘Compromise’; Locals Disagree

New statewide requirements for the industry come at the expense of localities’ ability to impose their own rules.

While touted as a compromise by local media, proposed fracking regulations being considered by Illinois lawmakers aren’t being accepted by community members who long have

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Museum To Honor Henry Kissinger, But Is He Worthy Of Praise?

The former secretary of state’s commitment to realism in foreign policy ensures debate over his legacy will remain bitterly divided.

In recent American history, a litany of different personalities have occupied the executive office at the Harry S Truman building at Foggy Bottom. War hawks, accommodationists, international diplomats and isolationists have entered and left the position of secretary of state -- each making their distinct mark in the foreign visage of

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Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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Bangladesh, Myanmar Brace For Cyclone Mahasen

Cyclone Mahasen could be life threatening for millions of people in Bangladesh, Myanmar and India.

Bangladesh and Myanmar continue to evacuate hundreds of thousands living in low-lying coastal areas ahead of Cyclone Mahasen's expected landfall Friday morning. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the cyclone, now weakened to a category one storm, still puts more than eight million people at risk. "Mahasen

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