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

Alabama Rep’s “War On Whites” Rant Reflects Perceptions Of “White Privilege”

“[I]f you look at current federal law, there is only one skin color that you can lawfully discriminate against. That’s Caucasians — whites,” Rep. Brooks claims.

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Par Frederick Reese

On Monday, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks (R) touched off a debate on race in the United States that many in his own party wished he would have avoided. While responding to National Journal columnist Ron Fournier’s assertion that the GOP is being seen as “the party of white people,” Brooks said it is the Democrats -- not the Republicans -- who are using

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Lake Erie Isn’t The Only One In Trouble

Climate change and an unwillingness to regulate have led to a vicious algae bloom that could spread to other Great Lakes and threaten the nation’s major drinking water supply.

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Par Frederick Reese
Toledo Water Problems

Around Toledo, Ohio, concerns about water toxicity continue to plague local residents, despite assurances from local officials that the water is safe to drink. High concentrations of algae growth in Lake Erie have led researchers to believe that the presence of toxins in the water supply for Ohio’s fourth largest city is a problem not likely to go

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Google-X Moves To Map Perfect Human Health

With its track record for monetizing the data it collects, critics are skeptical of Google’s plans to use biological material to determine what it means to be healthy.

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Par Frederick Reese
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Google recently unveiled its most ambitious -- and some say its most troubling -- endeavor to date: the “Baseline Study,” which would collect genetic and body chemistry information in order to create a picture of the ideal healthy human. Starting with a baseline of 175 volunteers, the company plans to use big data modelling techniques to

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In Greece Privatization Schemes, Who Benefits?

As with East Germany following unification, privatization in Greece is creating wide-ranging side effects — most of which are being ignored.

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Par Frederick Reese
Greece Financial Crisis

According to the Center of Planning and Economic Research, the Greek economy has grown in the second quarter of this year -- the first indication of economic expansion for the country in five years. With a consensus that includes even conservative forecasters, such as Citigroup, the international financial community is starting to feel that the

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Over 2 Billion Smartphones Are Hacker-Friendly

Researchers reveal a smartphone security vulnerability that puts the data and private communiques of millions at risk of being hacked and stolen.

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Par Frederick Reese

In 2013, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that, for the first time, most American adults own a smartphone. With 55 percent of the survey’s respondents using either an iPhone or an Android-enabled device, and with only 44 percent indicating they do not use a microcomputer-based cellphone, it’s apparent that

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San Bruno Pipeline Indictment Begs Safety Questions About The Nation’s Fuel Pipelines

Top California regulators communicated often and enthusiastically with executives at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., even offering unsolicited advice on handling the media while they presided over a case to decide how much the utility should pay for a deadly explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb.

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Par Frederick Reese
Pipeline Explosion Emails

In the United States, 2.5 million miles of natural gas and crude oil pipelines form the network that transports energy to all corners of the nation. Yet the age and fragility of this delicate web -- along with questions of how the network is being maintained -- have led many to be critical of the safety of the nation’s fuel delivery system. On

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Federal Government Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Blackwater Trial

U.S. Attorney says “a series of innocent oversights” resulted in the loss of evidence that would support assertions that the defendants were returning fire in Baghdad in 2007.

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Par Frederick Reese
Blackwater Grand Jury

On Monday, attorneys for the four former Blackwater guards currently on trial for the 2007 killings of 14 Iraqi civilians, police officers and army personnel in Baghdad argued that the federal government knowingly suppressed evidence for the case. The evidence in question -- photographs of eight spent shell casings fired at the scene of the

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