Lisa Barron

Lisa Barron is Mint Press's former New York Correspondent. She has worked for leading news organizations, including Time, Inc., CNN, CNBC and CBS News, in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East as well as in the United States. She has won two Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association and a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media for her work in Iraq, where she spent fourteen months covering the war for CBS News Radio, CBS Newspath and WCBS-TV. Contact Lisa at [email protected]. Follow Lisa on Twitter at @LisaBarronMPN

Conservative Lobbyists Calling The Shots In Tampa And Beyond

In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, the American flag flies at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (NEW YORK) MintPress — As the Republican National Convention gets underway in Tampa, many think the most powerful person there is a man most voters have never heard of: Grover Norquist, creator of Americans for Tax […]

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In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, the American flag flies at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — As the Republican National Convention gets underway in Tampa, many think the most powerful person there is a man most voters have never heard of: Grover Norquist, creator of Americans for Tax Reform. He is an ardent libertarian who believes that Washington is controlling Americans’ lives through the taxes it raises to fund

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Women’s Equality Day: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Sarah Amis, right, votes in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality […]

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Sarah Amis, right, votes in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country," proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as "Women's Equality Day." It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to

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With Thousands Of Demonstrators, Student Protests Gaining Steam In Quebec

Demonstrators are gathered St. Michel square in Paris, France Tuesday May 22, 2012, to support Quebec students opposing tuition fee hikes and new legislation to limit demonstrations. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) (NEW YORK) MintPress — After a relatively quiet summer, student protesters in Quebec are once again making themselves heard. Thousands gathered at Montreal’s Place […]

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Demonstrators are gathered St. Michel square in Paris, France Tuesday May 22, 2012, to support Quebec students opposing tuition fee hikes and new legislation to limit demonstrations. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — After a relatively quiet summer, student protesters in Quebec are once again making themselves heard. Thousands gathered at Montreal's Place du Canada this week to protest the provincial government's planned tuition hike ahead of a parliamentary election that will be held on Sept. 4. A posting on the Facebook page created

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NRA Leader Blows Off Harlem Mothers Fight To End Gun Violence

Jackie Rowe-Adams sings for at the Elder’s Jubilee Luncheon and Jazz Concert Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at the National Black Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (NEW YORK) MintPress — Jackie Rowe-Adams knows only too well how painful it is to lose a child. The 64-year-old New York City Parks […]

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Jackie Rowe-Adams sings for at the Elder's Jubilee Luncheon and Jazz Concert Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, at the National Black Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Jackie Rowe-Adams knows only too well how painful it is to lose a child. The 64-year-old New York City Parks Department recreation manager has lost two children to gun violence. In February of 1982, her 17-year-old son Anthony was murdered outside a bodega in Harlem by two young men who believed that Anthony had been

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Poll Shows Race Relations Tense As NYPD Favors Whites Over Minorities

A 2006 Dodge Charger is on display at New York City Police Department’s headquarters in New York, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (NEW YORK) MintPress — Another day, another blow to the reputation of New York’s finest. A new poll by the New York Times reveals that a large majority of New Yorkers […]

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NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly poses for photographers next to the new police cruiser, a 2006 Dodge Charger, on display at New York City Police Department's headquarters in New York, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Another day, another blow to the reputation of New York’s finest. A new poll by the New York Times reveals that a large majority of New Yorkers believe the NYPD under Mayor Michael Bloomberg favors whites over blacks. Eighty percent of African-American residents see the police as favoring one race over the other, while 48

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Vets Facing Unexpectedly Tough Transition To Civilian Life

A poster hangs on the wall behind U.S. Army veteran Meshac Snell as he meets with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs counselor Olga Jantzer, not pictured, in her office Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in East Point, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (NEW YORK) MintPress — When Marine Dakota Meyer returned from Afghanistan on Dec. 5, 2009, he […]

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A poster hangs on the wall behind U.S. Army veteran Meshac Snell as he meets with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs counselor Olga Jantzer, not pictured, in her office Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in East Point, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — When Marine Dakota Meyer returned from Afghanistan on Dec. 5, 2009, he faced what he found to be a strange, new civilian world. “It’s a hard transition coming home and going from the battlefield straight back to the States,” he said in a recent interview with the Daily Beast. “It’s a hard transition, especially leaving

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Wal-Mart Facing New Threats Over Mexican Bribery Investigation

In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, shopping carts are photographed outside the Wal-Mart store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) (NEW YORK) MintPress — Retailing giant Wal-mart could find itself in more hot water after two Congressmen sent a letter this week to chief executive Mike Duke threatening to release an “investigative report” […]

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In this Nov. 14, 2011 file photo, shopping carts are photographed outside the Wal-Mart store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — Retailing giant Wal-mart could find itself in more hot water after two Congressmen sent a letter this week to chief executive Mike Duke threatening to release an “investigative report” on the company. Congress, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are all investigating

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