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.

Trans Pacific Partnership Might Include International Ban On GMO Labeling

Monsanto stands to win big from the latest free-trade deal currently being negotiated.

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A burgeoning global trade agreement with nations such as Japan, Vietnam and Australia is leaving GMO-labeling advocates concerned that it could result in a ban on GMO labeling not only in the U.S., but in all countries taking part in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Negotiations for the TPP have been occurring over

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Conservatives Fear ‘Brainwashing’ Of Children By Common Core Learning Standards

Curiously, the right-wing group ALEC supports the Common Core federal education standards even as grassroots conservatives reject them.

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A conservative movement away from federal Common Core learning standards got a boost Wednesday when Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage (R) signed an executive order against the standards, intended to streamline learning initiatives throughout the country LePage’s move came on a wave of dissatisfaction among constituents, who lobbied for a November 2014

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US Conservative Religious Groups Declare Support For Russia’s Anti-Gay Law

Conservative religious advocacy groups argue the law against “homosexual propaganda” promotes the rights of the traditional family.

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U.S. religious conservative groups are creating an unlikely alliance with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, publicly declaring support for Russia’s ban on “gay propaganda,” which outlaws promotion of same-sex relationships. The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, along with the World Congress of Families, the Population Research

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Fracking Industry Eyes An Already Water-Starved California

Even as California reels from drought, fracking companies are lusting after the state’s oil-infused shale.

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At a time when the fracking industry is eyeing California’s Monterey Shale formation, state residents are already in the midst of a drought and subsequent water war that’s led to water theft between communities, a dilemma that’s gone so far as to shut down a Eureka, Calif. elementary school. The school’s water supply was stolen during the state’s

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Unemployed Kansans Told To Get A Job Or Lose Food Stamps

Twenty thousand unemployed Kansas residents may soon lose access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

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Unemployed Kansas residents will no longer qualify for food stamps if they fail to land a 20-hours-per-week job by Oct. 1, a  move that could potentially impact 20,000 people and be picked up by other states like Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The impending change to the state’s food assistance formula is being justified by the state’s Department for

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Students Battle School Districts Over First Amendment Rights On Social Media

Across the country, school administrators are restricting Twitter and Facebook use, even outside of school.

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When a New York high school student started a Twitter campaign highlighting his district’s budget woes, he found himself suspended from school for what the administration labeled as harassment. Pat Brown, a senior at Cicero-North Syracuse High School and member of the student council, began tweeting about the 2012-13 failed district budget,

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Groups Sue EPA For Not Disclosing Factory Farm Info

Environmental and rights groups say the EPA is required to disclose locations of factory farms under the Clean Water Act.

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to backpedal on a policy requiring livestock farmers to reveal their addresses and personal information is being legally challenged by environmental and animal rights advocates. On Aug. 28, groups filed a lawsuit claiming the information is necessary to enforce regulations and mandatory under the Clean

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