Carissa Wyant

Carissa Wyant is a former MintPress columnist specializing in faith, race and social justice issues. She has been published in the Huffington Post, Patch.com, American City Business Journals and various local publications around the American Midwest.

Women Fight Back Against Voter ID Laws Predicted To Disenfranchise Communities of Color

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, campaign volunteer Barbara Smalley-McMahan, clutches her pad while attempting to register voters in downtown Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) (MintPress) — “From Sojourner Truth, to Shirley Chisholm to First Lady Michelle Obama, black women have been fighting over voting rights for many, many years. Sadly, this willingness to […]

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, campaign volunteer Barbara Smalley-McMahan, clutches her pad while attempting to register voters in downtown Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

(MintPress) — “From Sojourner Truth, to Shirley Chisholm to First Lady Michelle Obama, black women have been fighting over voting rights for many, many years. Sadly, this willingness to fight is crucial even in 2012,” writes political analyst Zerlina Maxwell in Ebony magazine. Maxwell notes that while black women voters played a crucial role in

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Coverage Of Unrest Ignited By Anti-Muslim Film Lacking, Inciting Further Disruption

Indian Muslim students burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest near the American Center in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The students were protesting against an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo) (MintPress) — Reports in the media over the last week have […]

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Indian Muslim students burn an effigy of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest near the American Center in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. The students were protesting against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo)

(MintPress) — Reports in the media over the last week have stoked the fires of hate and racism, and fanned the flames of political unrest across the world, after an obscure American film called, “Innocence of Muslims” garnered media attention and ignited protests across the Arab world. Last week in Egypt, after Egyptian media erroneously

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Big Business Leads the Way in Fight Against Proposition 37

Gary Johnson holds the heads of milo sorghum plants on his farm in Waukomis, Okla, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (MintPress) — Agribusiness giants Monsanto, Dupont and a cadre of other food companies have outspent organic advocates by millions in their quest to defeat California’s Proposition 37, a new requirement which mandates companies […]

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Gary Johnson holds the heads of milo sorghum plants on his farm in Waukomis, Okla, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(MintPress) — Agribusiness giants Monsanto, Dupont and a cadre of other food companies have outspent organic advocates by millions in their quest to defeat California’s Proposition 37, a new requirement which mandates companies to disclose genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling on raw or processed foods. If passed, the law would make the

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College Students Face Hunger, Homelessness And Turn To Prostitution To ‘Survive’

In this April 2005 file photo, students walk on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (MintPress) — Rising tuition costs and a rough economy are causing many college students to face harsh circumstances in their pursuit of higher education. Mary Ann Prado, director of resources and referrals at Minneapolis […]

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In this April 2005 file photo, students walk on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

(MintPress) — Rising tuition costs and a rough economy are causing many college students to face harsh circumstances in their pursuit of higher education. Mary Ann Prado, director of resources and referrals at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in Minnesota is tasked with helping students to find food, school supplies and sometimes a

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Freedom Flotillas To Gaza Earning Their Place In A History of Heroes

In this Dec. 26, 2010 file photo, The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File) (MintPress) — Throughout human history, often times those […]

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In this Dec. 26, 2010 file photo, The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

(MintPress) — Throughout human history, often times those who risk their own lives and freedoms for the betterment of their fellow mankind are often met with skepticism and disdain in their own time, but later viewed as heroes. For example, in the 19th century, many Americans opposed to slavery risked their lives to win freedom for

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Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Software Raises Privacy Concerns

The logo of the social network “Facebook” is reflected in the pupil of an eye. (Photo: Joerg Koch / DAPD) (MintPress) — Privacy concerns are being raised after social networking site Facebook recently announced that it acquired Face.com, an Israeli company which makes facial recognition software. “There is nothing more concerning in the privacy sphere […]

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(MintPress) — Privacy concerns are being raised after social networking site Facebook recently announced that it acquired Face.com, an Israeli company which makes facial recognition software. “There is nothing more concerning in the privacy sphere than the marriage of Facebook and facial recognition. Every time you’re tagged, Facebook learns

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As Privacy Rights Under Fire, ACLU Pressures FBI For GPS Tracking Memos

This Jan. 5, 2011 file photo shows Yasir Afifi at his home in San Jose, Calif., where a GPS tracking device was placed on his car. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (MintPress) — Police tracking ordinary citizens using using tap and trace, ping data, license plate surveillance and a variety of other unknown and potentially illegal techniques […]

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This Jan. 5, 2011 file photo shows Yasir Afifi at his home in San Jose, Calif., where a GPS tracking device was placed on his car. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

(MintPress) — Police tracking ordinary citizens using using tap and trace, ping data, license plate surveillance and a variety of other unknown and potentially illegal techniques may sound more than a bit Orwellian, but it’s currently happening in the U.S. and a leading civil rights group is hard at work trying to stop it. The American Civil

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