Jo Erickson is a Mint Press investigative journalist and producer specializing in criminal and social justice as well as politics. She worked as the BBC’s News and Current Affairs Producer, breaking the news of the 2011 London riots while also covering African affairs and human rights. She has been published in The Guardian, The Daily Mirror and various U.K. publications. She has worked as an undercover journalist and filmed documentaries for the BBC exposing crime and terrorism. Contact Jo at [email protected] .
Hint: it’s not HIV/AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis.
For many Africans, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria are no longer the biggest health threats. Instead, cancer is. Every year, there are thousands of children and adults in Senegal who die from poor health care, but what may surprise you is that they are dying from cancer. Cancer, diabetes and heart disease are responsible for 30 percent of all
Demonstrators were met with rubber bullets and tear gas as they protested the auction of the Libra oil field to foreign corporations.
As the auction of Libra, a deepwater oil field in Brazil, closed to applause, there were also sounds of rubber bullets and teargas. About 300 demonstrators calling for the nationalization of Brazil's oil industry clashed with police outside the luxury beach-side hotel where the bidding took place, with security officials firing tear gas and rubber
One advocacy group is tackling a lesser-known but crucial facet of homelessness: self-esteem.
On any Main Street in America, it’s virtually impossible to avoid seeing the signs of homelessness. From cardboard signs asking for spare change, to single mothers and children living in charity shelters, homelessness is a problem that the United States hasn’t come to terms with. There are an estimated 636,000 individuals who are homeless on a
Presence of US-backed private security in Afghanistan seems only to contribute to the ongoing violence.
[soundcloud id='115651871'] As the world media spotlight fixes on the Syria crisis, hidden from view is the continuing bloody war raging in Afghanistan, where civilian casualties are escalating. Adding to the death toll are U.S.-backed private security contractors. In a recent incident currently under investigation by NATO, a gunman,
Anti-racist demonstrators turned out to protest a town hall meeting discussing using the tiny town as a base for white supremacist ideology.
The quiet town of Leith, N.D. was at the center of a controversy on Sunday. Anti-racist activists and protesters rallied against the news that Jeff Schoep, head of neo-Nazi group the American National Socialist Movement, and his followers planned to hold a town hall meeting where they would discuss the possibility of using the small town as a new
The U.K. arms fair is accused of facilitating borderline-illegal arms sales to human rights violators – many of them Western nations.
The U.K. arms fair has attracted controversy in the past. In 2011, the Defense and Security Event DSEI extended invitations to Middle Eastern countries including Bahrain, a major human rights violator where authorities killed and tortured protesters during the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011, and this year, the U.K. arms fair is causing a controversy
Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes, with 54 percent of cases left unreported.
For many, college is filled with zany fraternity initiations, experiences of new cultures and career-building achievements. For others, it’s a place where they were raped by a classmate. Laura*, a former graduate of University of Minnesota, struggles with the past. “It’s too painful to remember. When I visit my parents in Minneapolis I avoid