Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Joins The Fight To Save Minn. Family’s Home

The battle for the family began after seven years in their house, when one online payment did not process — an action they say the bank is responsible for.

Trisha Marczak
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Green Party vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala speaks to community members Thursday evening at the Cruz family home in Minneapolis. Activists gathered, as they have been since May, to stand up against what they perceive as an unfair foreclosure process that's forcing their neighbors out of their home and onto the streets. (Photo Trisha Marczak/MintPress)

Minneapolis - Green Party vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala joined dozens of passionate community members on the front steps of a South Minneapolis, Minn. home Thursday evening to stand up against a foreclosure process that could force one family out on the streets. “I bring greetings from poor and homeless from across the U.S. who are

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Sen. Harkin Uses New Report To Highlight Ethical Lapse In For-Profit College Systems

(MintPress) — For-profit marketing material depicts the smiling faces of students investing in their education and preparing to embark on careers that are both lucrative and fulfilling. Yet a recent report presented on the Senate floor detailing the cost and success of for-profit college institutions is calling into questions the merit of such programs, and […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, releases a Senate Democratic report asserting that for-profit schools often hit vulnerable students with exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting practices, and abysmal student outcomes, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(MintPress) — For-profit marketing material depicts the smiling faces of students investing in their education and preparing to embark on careers that are both lucrative and fulfilling. Yet a recent report presented on the Senate floor detailing the cost and success of for-profit college institutions is calling into questions the merit of such

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Big Spending: 2008 Farm Bill Drew Record Lobbying Dollars, $180M

(MintPress) — As debate surrounds special interests’ benefits from the 2012 farm bill, including companies that produce genetically modified foods, a report released by the nonprofit organization Food and Water Watch ranks the 2008 version of the bill as the most heavily lobbied piece of legislation is the last decade. More than 1,000 companies and […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest speaks during a meeting with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes at the Agriculture Ministry in Brasilia, Brazil on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002. (AP Photo/Adriano Machado)

(MintPress) — As debate surrounds special interests’ benefits from the 2012 farm bill, including companies that produce genetically modified foods, a report released by the nonprofit organization Food and Water Watch ranks the 2008 version of the bill as the most heavily lobbied piece of legislation is the last decade. More than 1,000 companies

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How Cuts To USPS Threaten American Democracy

(MintPress) -– For the second year in a row, the United States Postal Service is warning it cannot afford to pay its $5.5 billion retiree health fund bill, giving credence to legislators who call for swift cuts to the system — a defunding plan that would pose a threat to services vital to democracy, most […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
A United States Postal Service mail truck carries mail July 8, 2012. (Photo by David Guo via Flikr)

(MintPress) -– For the second year in a row, the United States Postal Service is warning it cannot afford to pay its $5.5 billion retiree health fund bill, giving credence to legislators who call for swift cuts to the system — a defunding plan that would pose a threat to services vital to democracy, most notably newspapers, as the industry relies

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Lawsuits Prompt Philadelphia Judge To Order Freeze On Ban Prohibiting Public Food Distribution

Update | Trisha Marczak Occupy activists and those who feel called to help the homeless in Philadelphia are out in public parks once again serving homeless people food, following a ban on the practice handed down by Mayor Michael Nutter. A Philadelphia judge placed a 120-day freeze on the ban in response to lawsuits brought […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
People line up for free lunch from Occupy Wall Street protesters. Demonstrators are camping out across the country are rubbing shoulders with the actual homeless, sharing shelter and in many cases free food and medical care. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Update | Trisha Marczak Occupy activists and those who feel called to help the homeless in Philadelphia are out in public parks once again serving homeless people food, following a ban on the practice handed down by Mayor Michael Nutter. A Philadelphia judge placed a 120-day freeze on the ban in response to lawsuits brought on by religious

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Journey Of An Illegal Immigrant – A Tangled Path To Residency

(MintPress) — Carlos Diaz entered the U.S. through the Arizona border 10 years ago as an 18-year-old — a man by legal definition, but a boy in all other respects. His journey was not unlike many of the 6 million of illegal Mexican immigrants living in the U.S.  Searching for a life outside of a […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak
Carlos and Katie Garcia, along with 3 year old Mariana, celebrate a life united after being separated through Carlos'€™ immigration process. Carlos was an illegal immigrant when he met Katie in Austin, Minn. Today, he has legal status. (Trisha Marczak/MintPress)

(MintPress) — Carlos Diaz entered the U.S. through the Arizona border 10 years ago as an 18-year-old — a man by legal definition, but a boy in all other respects. His journey was not unlike many of the 6 million of illegal Mexican immigrants living in the U.S.  Searching for a life outside of a country known for drug violence and instability,

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