Injustice: Fighting Back From Death Row

Kris Maharaj is a British-born businessman who was convicted of the execution-style murder of his former business associate Derrick Moo Young and his son Duane, in a Florida hotel room in 1986. Despite a garbled alleged motive, a dodgy witness who changed his story multiple times, a convincing alibi and a complete absence of any […]

Alice Ross
By Alice Ross
A prison cell is shown in this undated photo. (Photo/AP )

Kris Maharaj is a British-born businessman who was convicted of the execution-style murder of his former business associate Derrick Moo Young and his son Duane, in a Florida hotel room in 1986. Despite a garbled alleged motive, a dodgy witness who changed his story multiple times, a convincing alibi and a complete absence of any kind of violent

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The Plight of the American Wait Staff

“When you go out to eat, you shouldn’t get wage theft, racism and sick cooks in the kitchen, along with your meal. How the food tastes at a restaurant really doesn’t matter, if the people who work there are being mistreated.” – Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA (MintPress) – Last October, cocktail waitress Victoria […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
A waitress takes an order at a restaurant. (Photo by Adikos via Flikr)

“When you go out to eat, you shouldn’t get wage theft, racism and sick cooks in the kitchen, along with your meal. How the food tastes at a restaurant really doesn’t matter, if the people who work there are being mistreated.” - Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA (MintPress) – Last October, cocktail waitress Victoria Liss arguably

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Environmentalists Find Unlikely Partner In Stopping Proposed Mining Project

(MintPress) – A proposed silica sand transport facility in Southern Minnesota has drawn criticism from the community’s local Amish population. Representatives from the community have spoken out against the development at local town council meetings, claiming that the extraction and transportation of silica sands would disrupt the tranquil, idyllic lifestyle of their community. Many local […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
A group of Amish women and children pass the opening of an underpass as they make their way home along a winding road Aug. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)

(MintPress) – A proposed silica sand transport facility in Southern Minnesota has drawn criticism from the community’s local Amish population. Representatives from the community have spoken out against the development at local town council meetings, claiming that the extraction and transportation of silica sands would disrupt the tranquil, idyllic

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Consumers Pushing For A Crackdown On Unscrupulous Debt Collectors

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay of Herrin, Ill. was put in debtors’ prison over a $28 medical bill that was sent to her by accident. In Lane County, Ore.,  debt collectors told local police that 85-year-old Anne Sessions was threatening to commit suicide, a claim she denied. And Kelly Wiedemer of […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
In this photo made available by attorney William Howard, Stanley McLeod is seen in the undated photograph. A jury could soon decide if a north Florida man was harassed to death by debt collectors. Stanley Mc Leod's wife, Dianne of Keystone Heights, Fla., claims that numerous harassing and threatening calls from their mortgage company contributed to Stanley's death of heart failure in 2005. (AP Photo/William Howard, HO)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – Breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay of Herrin, Ill. was put in debtors’ prison over a $28 medical bill that was sent to her by accident. In Lane County, Ore.,  debt collectors told local police that 85-year-old Anne Sessions was threatening to commit suicide, a claim she denied. And Kelly Wiedemer of Westminster, Colo.

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US Leads Way Internationally In Twitter Requests To Monitor Citizen Tweets, Peace Activists Targeted

(MintPress) – The first ever “transparency report” released Monday by Twitter reveals a marked increase in the number of government requests to monitor, and in some cases remove, citizen tweets. The micro blogging site has reportedly received more government requests in the first half of 2012 than in all of 2011, according to Jeremy Kessel, Twitter’s […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
In this Oct. 1, 2011 a line of police officers block protesters on New York's Brooklyn Bridge during a march by Occupy Wall Street. A judge said in a ruling released Monday, July 2, 2012 that Twitter must give a court almost three months' worth of an Occupy Wall Street protester's tweets after prosecutors demand the messages to make a case for arrests. (AP Photo/Will Stevens, File)

(MintPress) – The first ever “transparency report” released Monday by Twitter reveals a marked increase in the number of government requests to monitor, and in some cases remove, citizen tweets. The micro blogging site has reportedly received more government requests in the first half of 2012 than in all of 2011, according to Jeremy Kessel,

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Immigration And Civil Rights Activists Rally For The American Dream On July 4

(MintPress) – While Americans across the country will spend July 4 to celebrate freedom and independence, a diverse group will gather in San Antonio, Texas, to rally for civil rights, in the wake of recent discussions around the status of immigrants in America. The rally is one of several taking place across the country Wednesday […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant
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(MintPress) – While Americans across the country will spend July 4 to celebrate freedom and independence, a diverse group will gather in San Antonio, Texas, to rally for civil rights, in the wake of recent discussions around the status of immigrants in America. The rally is one of several taking place across the country Wednesday in advance of

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