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
-
Uprising
The Climate Math: Three Out of 40,000 Share Their Stories
The climate movement’s math may be beginning to add up, but there’s still not... more »
-
Working
An Exclusive with the Applebee’s Server Fired for Posting ‘I Give 10 Percent To God’ Tip to Reddit
Thanks to an unassuming young restaurant worker, dining patrons may just think twice about how they treat "the more »
-
Uprising
In Maine, Environmental Groups Fear a Pipeline Bait-and-Switch
The Portland Montreal Pipe Line Company says it has "no plans" to reverse an oil pipeline and send... more »
-
Uprising
At 1-Year Mark, Occupiers Bang Drums, Dodge Police and Debate Elections
More than 1,000 revelers gathered in Manhattan's financial district on Monday, Sept. 17, to celebrate the first anniversary of... more »
-
Uprising
Escalating the Battle Against Mountaintop Removal Mining
A direct action to close down a West Virginia mountaintop removal site—and the response to it... more »
-
Working
Day-Care and Home-Care Workers Get Ready to Enjoy New Rights in Conn.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.—More than 11,000 state-funded day care and home-care workers in Connecticut are now eligible to more »
-
Act Locally
In Palestine, to Exist Is to Resist
Behind the headlines, Palestinians are using nonviolent direct action to protest the status quo. more »
-
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 »
-
Act Locally
The Blair Mountain Project
Activists want to protect the site of a deadly labor struggle—and stop mountaintop removal coal mining. more »
-
Act Locally
Bad Air in ‘Green’ Buildings
Much-touted LEED-certified buildings may not be so perfect. more »
