Sean Nevins

Sean Nevins is a Washington DC based staff writer for MintPress focusing on foreign affairs, and the intersection of politics and policy. His work has appeared on Link TV, Inter Press Service, and The Real News Network. He has lived and reported from all over the world and holds a Master’s in Asian Studies (focus: Pakistan) from Lund University in Sweden.

White Supremacy And Homegrown Terrorism Pose A Growing Threat In The US

The recent explosion at an NAACP chapter in Colorado has brought back memories of past violence directed toward the national civil rights group by members of domestic hate groups — a segment of the population that experts warn is on the rise.

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Members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement hold flags as they salute and shout "Sieg Heil" during a rally in front of the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Photo: Mel Evans/AP WASHINGTON --- The first thing Heidi Beirich, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), thought of when she heard about the

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State Of The Union: A Conversation With Former Political Prisoner Eddie Conway

Deindustrialization, joblessness, drugs infiltrating communities, America’s enemies — a lot has changed since a former Black Panther Party member was imprisoned in 1970. But now he’s out and has some ideas on how to change things for the better.

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From left to right: Attorney Robert Boyle, Marshall “Eddie” Conway, Attorney Phillip Dontes BALTIMORE --- Marshall “Eddie” Conway, 68, is a human rights activist, who spent 44 years in prison for killing a police officer -- a crime he says he didn’t commit -- until he was released last March. On April 26, 1970, the former minister of

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Forecasting 2015’s Iran Nuclear Talks: From the Eyes of Tehran

The U.S. just installed a Republican Congress which isn’t warming up to the notion of easing sanctions against Iran. But is Iran facing a similarly hardline atmosphere that’s making progress difficult to achieve?

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a public gathering at his residence in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Khamenei said Wednesday the United States cannot be trusted to lift sanctions in a future nuclear deal and that Tehran should instead develop an "economy of resistance." A portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs

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The US Will Prosecute You For Your Politics

To many in the U.S., the concept of political prisoners may seem foreign, something that happens in other countries. Yet they’re closer, and more numerous, than many may like to imagine.

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Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, center, gestures toward her supporters outside federal court in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP WASHINGTON --- On Dec. 11, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, 67, an American citizen originally from Lifta, Palestine, was released on bond after spending five weeks in jail at Port Huron, Michigan. She was

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What Barrett Brown’s Three Remaining Charges Mean For Journalism

Though many charges against him have been dismissed, the results of Barrett Brown’s sentencing hearing this month have implications not just for journalists working in the Digital Age, but for prosecutorial abuse, as well.

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On Jan. 22, journalist, activist and author Barrett Brown, 33, is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay in Dallas for threatening an FBI agent, hiding evidence during an FBI raid, and attempting to negotiate on behalf of a person wanted by the FBI -- two felonies and a misdemeanor, respectively. Facing a maximum

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Happy Holidays?: Obama Endorses A Militarized Israel, Land Grabs, And Domestic Spying

At a time when many were distracted by the hectic holiday season, Obama signed into law U.S. support for a militarized Israel, the transfer of sacred Native American land to a mining company, and increased domestic spying.

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President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Photo credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP

President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014.   credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP WASHINGTON --- The 113th Congress passed 296 bills from 2013 to 2015, making it one of the least productive in American history. As the holiday season commenced, however,

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FOIA Reform: How To Kill A Bill And Get Away With It

Congress isn’t the only entity to blame for the death of a bill to improve the Freedom of Information Act to create greater government transparency — the president and the media weren’t fighting for it, either.

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Thomas Whittington, a Chicago area tour guide, familiarizes himself with the one of many exhibits at the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) WASHINGTON --- On Thursday evening, the 113th Congress (Jan. 3, 2013 – Jan. 3, 2015) closed shop and will be remembered as the least productive in American

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