Michelle Chen is a staff reporter with The NewStandard. She writes, works and plays in New York City. Involved with independent media for the past decade, she has written for Extra!, Legal Affairs, INTHEFRAY.COM and her own zine, cain.
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10/12/06 'Nanocosmetics' Alarm Safety Advocates10/11/06 Oil Giant Tries to Shirk Royalty Payments to Indians
10/06/06 Govt. May Allow Industry Raid of National Parks10/06/06 Housing Watchdogs Call Post-Katrina Ordinance ‘Racist’10/04/06 Restrictions on Nationwide Pollution Permits Upheld10/03/06 Critics Consider Interrogation 'Reform' a Step Backward09/22/06 Rights Groups Join Fight Over L.A. Cops’ Immigrant Relations09/21/06 Court Restores ‘Roadless’ Rules Trampled by Bush
09/21/06 Mixed Ruling Mostly Upholds Medicaid ID Requirements09/20/06 With Feds’ Help, Florida Govt, Firms Look to Pave Wetlands09/20/06 Canadian Panel Exonerates CIA Rendition Survivor09/19/06 Groups Go International with Fight for Former Prisoners’ Voting Rights09/15/06 FedEx Drivers’ Privacy Shielded in Class-action Suit09/15/06 Gitmo Prisoners Fight for Control of Post-release Fate09/15/06 Groups Protest Prairie Burning as Cultural Throwback09/14/06 Under Pressure, Govt. Halts Nuclear Dump on Indian Land09/13/06 New Program Gives Local Police Immigration Enforcement Tools09/12/06 House Moves to Hinder Church-State Lawsuits09/12/06 Judge Keeps Oil Drillers from Alaskan Reserve09/05/06 Oil Lobby Accused of Killing Cali. Anti-gouging Law09/05/06 Navajos, Cuba Strike Unprecedented Trade Deal09/04/06 Legal Fight over Harsh Local Immigration Law Moves Forward09/01/06 Citgo Indictment Hints at Pollution Scourge, Texas Activists Say
08/29/06 Weathered Voices: Stories of Struggle Through the Voices of Survivors08/25/06 ‘Destroyed’ FBI Puerto Rico Files Prompt Cover-up Charges08/22/06 Forest Service Pushes on with ‘Roadless’ Area Logging08/18/06 Campaigners Fight to Keep Mentally Ill out of Solitary Confinement08/16/06 Judge Slams USDA in Pharma Crops Case08/09/06 Environmentalists Burn Ethanol Hype as Empty Promise08/04/06 Gay-Straight Youth Club Prevails Against School Board08/03/06 Activists Call for Real Remedies to Prisoner Rape08/02/06 Tipped Workers Would Fall Through Proposed Wage Floor07/31/06 Laid Off Workers Handed ‘Paltry’ Govt. Grant Program07/26/06 New Land Rules Serve Ranchers, Hamper Conservationists07/24/06 Stem Cell Battle Gestates Outside the Beltway07/20/06 As Predatory Lending Adapts to Weak Regulations, the Poor Pay07/12/06 Killer Cops Inspire Grave Concern in Las Vegas07/07/06 House Approves Offshore Drilling; Bill Pays States07/06/06 Indigenous Ceremony at Bear Butte Faces Disruption, ‘Desecration’07/03/06 Giant Factory Farms Encroach on Communities, Evade Regulation06/29/06 Rights Group Probes Govt. Over New ‘Lie Detection’ Tools06/28/06 Estate-tax Cuts ‘Sweetened’ with Corporate Welfare for Timber06/26/06 Three Years On, Lone ‘Enemy Combatant’ Lingers on U.S. Soil06/21/06 Gay-Straight Student Group Fights for Equal Treatment06/19/06 Asbestos Trust Fund’s Latest Try Raises Same Concerns06/14/06 New Analysis Says Health Savings Accounts are No Cure06/13/06 As Feds Trample ‘Roadless’ Areas, Activists Defend Oregon Forest06/07/06 Cheney’s Office Declares Exemption from Secrecy Oversight06/01/06 Groups Challenge EPA’s ‘Industry friendly’ Pesticide Rules05/31/06 Senate Immigration Bill Piles Costs on Citizen Hopefuls