Trisha Marczak

Trisha Marczak is a Mint Press staff writer and investigative reporter specializing in the oil industry, environment, education and immigration. She has worked in Australia with several NGOs, and as a staff writer, reporter and an award-winning editor at various newspapers, magazines, and public radio stations throughout the Midwest. Contact Trisha at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @TrishaMarczakMP.

Obama’s Executive Immigration Order Pleases Business Leaders, Upsets Those Fighting Illegal Immigration

Nahuel Tedesco poses for pictures during an interview with The Associated Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Tedesco was deported from the US in May, 2010. President Barack Obama announced last week his decision to allow hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants under 30 with high school degrees and no criminal history […]

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(MintPress) — President Barack Obama’s executive order to provide work visas to young Hispanic Americans was met with criticism by those who see the move as an overreach of presidential power and a blow to state policies in Arizona and Alabama that seek to combat illegal immigration. On Friday, the day of Obama’s official immigration policy

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‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense Fails In Texas For Man Who Killed Neighbor Over Loud Music

Raul Rodriguez sits in a Houston courtroom Monday, June 11, 2012. Rodriguez is charged with murder in a triple shooting in 2010 that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor’s loud party. The retired Houston-area firefighter told a police dispatcher by phone that he feared for his life […]

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Raul Rodriguez sits in a Houston courtroom Monday, June 11, 2012. Rodriguez is charged with murder in a triple shooting in 2010 that left one man dead and two others injured during a dispute over the neighbor's loud party. The retired Houston-area firefighter told a police dispatcher by phone that he feared for his life and was "standing his ground." (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

(MintPress) — A 37-year-old Texas man who shot and killed an unarmed school teacher during a neighborhood conflict over loud music was found guilty this week of murder after attempting to justify his actions through the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law. A jury found Raul Rodriguez guilty of murdering Kelly Danaher — a conviction that could lead

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How Corporations Will Be Able To Violate Workers’ Regulations Domestically

Members of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) with leaders from other nations. (Photo by Gobierno de Chile via Flikr) (MintPress) — Documents obtained by activist organization Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC) contain information revealing a proposal by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would provide legal avenues for multinational corporations to challenge laws and regulations in […]

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Members of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) with leaders from other nations. (Photo by Gobierno de Chile via Flikr)

(MintPress) — Documents obtained by activist organization Citizens Trade Campaign (CTC) contain information revealing a proposal by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that would provide legal avenues for multinational corporations to challenge laws and regulations in foreign countries — one that would bypass the domestic legal system, diverting

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Quest For Palestinian Non-Member Statehood Would Create New Playing Field With Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, gestures to his German counterpart Joachim Gauck, left, during a media briefing following their talks in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) (MintPress) – After decades of unsuccessfully seeking member state status in the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is changing his […]

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, gestures to his German counterpart Joachim Gauck, left, during a media briefing following their talks in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, May 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

(MintPress) – After decades of unsuccessfully seeking member state status in the United Nations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is changing his strategy, claiming he will seek non-member status — a move that would dramatically change the playing field in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s not the member statehood status

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Lasting Implications Surface With Upcoming Supreme Court Healthcare Ruling

Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court during the second day of the Affordable Care Act arguments March 27,2012 (Photo by Angela N. via Flikr) (MintPress) – With three weeks left in the Supreme Court’s 2012 session, Americans will finally learn whether President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be upheld, requiring all Americans to […]

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Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court during the second day of the Affordable Care Act arguments March 27,2012 (Photo by Angela N. via Flikr)

(MintPress) – With three weeks left in the Supreme Court’s 2012 session, Americans will finally learn whether President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be upheld, requiring all Americans to be covered under a health insurance plan by 2014. It’s a decision being watched by health insurance companies, as well — which still stand to

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Iceland Economy Growing After Mortgage Forgiveness As US Group Lobbies For Similar Measures

A foreclosed house with sale pending sign is shown in Tigard, Ore., Tuesday, March, 8, 2011. The number of Americans who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth rose at the end of last year, preventing many people from selling their homes in an already weak housing market. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) (MintPress) […]

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A foreclosed house with sale pending sign is shown in Tigard, Ore., Tuesday, March, 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

(MintPress) – As the U.S. grapples with a foreclosure crisis, with an estimated 15.7 homeowners are facing mortgages that now exceed the actual market value of their homes, Iceland is reaping the benefits of a system that forgave similar debts in 2008. The forgiveness plans in Iceland were implemented by partially government run banks,

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Chicago 3 To Be Tried By State Prosecutors, Not Feds

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks at at news conference addressing the arrest three activists who are charged with providing material support for terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and possession of explosives, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (MintPress) – The case against three Chicago residents accused of building molotov cocktails […]

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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy speaks at at news conference addressing the arrest three activists who are charged with providing material support for terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and possession of explosives, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. The three men are accused of making Molotov cocktails with plans to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

(MintPress) – The case against three Chicago residents accused of building molotov cocktails for the alleged purpose of targeting Barack Obama’s headquarters will not be tried by federal prosecutors — instead, they’ll face up against state lawyers. It’s the first time the state will try out its anti-terrorism laws, implemented following the 9-11

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