Author Profile
Melinda Tuhus
Melinda Tuhus is an independent journalist with 25 years of experience in print and radio, including In These Times, The New York Times, Free Speech Radio News and public radio stations.
She has also reported for online publications including Women’s eNews (www.womensenews.org) and the New Haven Independent (www.newhavenindependent.org.) She has a special interest in environmental coverage, women’s issues and criminal justice/prison issues. She is based in New Haven, Conn., and has won several state, regional and international awards for her work.
Most Recent Articles
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News
In Palestine, to Exist Is to Resist
Behind the headlines, Palestinians are using nonviolent direct action to protest the status quo. more »
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Working
Labor and Occupy Movements Continue to Stand in Solidarity
NEW YORK —The union movement didn’t lead the Occupy Wall Street movement that began on more »
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The Blair Mountain Project
Activists want to protect the site of a deadly labor struggle—and stop mountaintop removal coal mining. more »
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Bad Air in ‘Green’ Buildings
Much-touted LEED-certified buildings may not be so perfect. more »
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How to Fairly Fund an Election
Campaign finance reform advocates defend the constitutionality of Connecticut's public funding law. more »
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Blowing Their Tops
Miners, environmentalists clash over coal. more »
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Culture
Harm Reduction: The Anti-Drug
A common sense approach to stopping unnecessary death. more »
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Working
One Man’s Fight Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
The decline in union coal-mining jobs in Appalachia has coincided with a big increase in mountaintop removal mining. more »
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Working
To Help Ex-Felons Work, New Haven ‘Bans the Box’
After reading a story about inmates in U.S. prisons who work dismantling electronics full of toxic materials, more »
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Working
13 Years After ‘Welfare Reform,’ Former Recipients Face Recession
When “welfare reform” passed in 1996, the economy was in relatively good shape and welfare moms entered more »
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