Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

Danny Glover Under Fire For Citing Israeli « Racial Oppression »

A call to boycott a Tel Aviv screening of a documentary on the life and work of an American social activist leads to allegations of anti-Semitism.

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Par Frederick Reese
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Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old author, activist and feminist. During the course of her more than seven decades of social advocacy, the Chinese-American PhD recipient in philosophy has challenged the cultural barriers that opposed women of color in academia. She has addressed the issues of tenant rights and Trotskyism in America, and became a

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Fight Over Net Neutrality Is Imminent

The FCC’s vote to publish a new set of rules on “net neutrality” and to invite public comments sets the stage for a battle on how open and free — or not — the Internet should be.

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Par Frederick Reese
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On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to publish a proposed new set of rules on “net neutrality” and to allow public comments. The proposal, drafted by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, is a response to a January federal appeals court ruling that the FCC did not have a valid basis for discriminating against Internet service providers

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Children Released From Juvenile Detention Being Billed For Incarceration

It’s tough for former inmates to get back on their feet when they’re slammed with bills for their incarceration and other court-related fees.

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Par Frederick Reese

In increasing numbers, states struggling to balance their budgets post-Great Recession are passing their expanding prison budgets off onto their prisoners. Upon being released from jail or a juvenile detention facility, many former inmates find themselves facing bills for their room and board while incarcerated, plus legal and court fees and

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US & NATO Nuclear Exercises Stoke Tensions In Ukraine Crisis

The U.S. and NATO are conducting military exercises in areas that may prove too close to Russia for comfort.

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Par Frederick Reese
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The United States and NATO are currently holding military exercises in the Russia-bordering nations in an attempt to alleviate tensions among Eastern European nations that have grown increasingly alarmed about Russia’s moves to restore a semblance of the hegemony it held during the Soviet era. Russia’s recent actions -- including seizing Crimea

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Counting Down To Net Neutrality Vote

With time running out until a Thursday vote on rule changes that would affect net neutrality, the issue appears more volatile — and possibly more important — than ever.

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Par Frederick Reese

On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on rule changes that would permit Internet service providers to charge application providers more for untethered access. Several commissioners and 11 senators, among others, argue that this plan -- which effectively creates an Internet “fast lane” for those willing and able to pay for the

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DOJ Seeks Removal Of Restrictions On Computer Search Warrants

The Justice Department seeks even greater access to computers and computer networks involved in criminal investigations, but opponents to the plan say it’s a dangerous overreach.

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Par Frederick Reese

The Justice Department recently submitted proposed new rules on the procedures and practices of the department’s agencies and bureaus. Among the suggested changes is a modification of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 41(b), which empowers a federal court to issue a warrant allowing the federal government to conduct a search of a

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Public Pension Funds Making Alternative Or Reckless Investments?

“Alternative” investing threatens public retirement funds with high risks and low returns.

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Par Frederick Reese
Stephen Schwarzman

Public pension systems are collapsing across the country. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is under growing pressure to find a way to mitigate the city’s nearly $20 billion shortfall to its municipal retirement plan. The mayor’s plan to reduce workers’ benefits and raise property taxes -- which would only resolve half of the deficit -- has met with

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