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.

Phyllis Bennis: ISIS Is Filling The Holes Left By The US War On Terror

What gave rise to ISIS and how is the group holding onto power? To answer these questions, journalist, activist and political commentator Phyllis Bennis connects the dots between the fall of Iraq, the U.S. “War on Terror,” and oil.

Phyllis Bennis: ISIS Is Filling The Holes Left By The US War On Terror

WASHINGTON --- ISIS is not a guerrilla organization that popped up out of nowhere, figured out how to hold onto territory, and take on the Iraqi and Syrian armies all by themselves, says Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy

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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.

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Rich Investors Flock To Puerto Rico As Debt Crisis Pushes Poor To The Mainland

Devastating economic times and myriad tax incentives are driving the wealthy to Puerto Rico, but they’re also forcing Puerto Ricans off the island.

Rich Investors Flock To Puerto Rico As Debt Crisis Pushes Poor To The Mainland

WASHINGTON --- Hundreds of thousands of residents of Puerto Rico are being forced from their homeland in search of better economic conditions on mainland America. The Caribbean island recently defaulted on a $58 million debt for the first time in its history, and the super rich are descending upon the island to buy up homes and businesses that have

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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.

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Hunger Striking Palestinian Political Prisoner Mohammad Allan Slips Into Coma

The 31-year-old Palestinian lawyer is one of a number of Palestinians held in Israeli jails who are taking action against abuses and mistreatment at the hands of Israeli authorities.

Hunger Striking Palestinian Political Prisoner Mohammad Allan Slips Into Coma

WASHINGTON --- On Friday, Palestinian political prisoner Mohammad Allan slipped into a coma after staging hunger strike in an Israeli prison for the previous 59 days. He has been put on life support at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon,

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Local Police Take The Eye Of Big Brother And Spy On Americans

“What we often see is police departments or local law enforcement agencies grabbing technologies without any policies in place for it, not asking anybody’s permission, just sort of getting it, [and] starting to implement it,” a digital rights activist tells MintPress.

Local Police Take The Eye Of Big Brother And Spy On Americans

WASHINGTON --- Fast on the heels revelations of dragnet surveillance devices used by the likes of the National Security Agency and the CIA, another set of tools used by local police in communities across the United States is invading the privacy of the American public, tracking their movements. “If you were to put an automatic license plate

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What Norway Is Getting Right About Policing That American Cops Just Can’t Figure Out

American police kill an average of three people a day. Norwegian police fired guns twice last year, and they haven’t killed anyone since 2006.

What Norway Is Getting Right About Policing That American Cops Just Can’t Figure Out

WASHINGTON --- Matthew Ajibade, Roberto Ornelas, and Garrett Gagne: These were the first three people killed by American police this year. Since their deaths at the hands of police on Jan. 1, police have killed another 687 people, averaging three daily, according to The Guardian’s “

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Roadside Remembrance For Samuel Shields Expresses White Solidarity For Black Lives

Every Thursday evening, a small group of mainly white women hold “Black Lives Matter” and “Honk for Justice” signs on a busy corner in Washington, D.C., expressing their own frustrations with police brutality and America’s systemic racism.

Roadside Remembrance For Samuel Shields Expresses White Solidarity For Black Lives

WASHINGTON --- It’s rush hour in Washington, and a small group of friends are standing on the corner of 16th Street, holding signs that read: “Black Lives Matter” and “Honk for Justice.” In response, the horns of passing cars blare, and drivers and passengers of all races wave their arms and raise their fists out of their

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The Politics Of Punishment: Greece Is Being Destroyed By Europe And Austerity Orthodoxy

With Greece and the eurozone committing to reforms and a bailout that’s still unsustainable, it’s the people of Greece who are left to suffer, not knowing “what will come tomorrow. They don’t know if they’ll have their jobs or if they’ll have money to live,” a Greek expat tells MintPress.

The Politics Of Punishment: Greece Is Being Destroyed By Europe And Austerity Orthodoxy

WASHINGTON --- All the news coming out of Greece is bad, says Giannis Nitodas, who left his home in Chios, Greece, amid the mounting pressures of austerity measures that continue to crush the Greek economy. “I was paid €900 [$990] per month,” Nitodas told MintPress News from his home in Toronto, Ontario. “But we didn’t know what

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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.

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