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 Advocates
10/11/06 Oil Giant Tries to Shirk Royalty Payments to Indians
10/06/06 Govt. May Allow Industry Raid of National Parks
10/06/06 Housing Watchdogs Call Post-Katrina Ordinance ‘Racist’
10/04/06 Restrictions on Nationwide Pollution Permits Upheld
10/03/06 Critics Consider Interrogation 'Reform' a Step Backward
09/22/06 Rights Groups Join Fight Over L.A. Cops’ Immigrant Relations
09/21/06 Court Restores ‘Roadless’ Rules Trampled by Bush
09/21/06 Mixed Ruling Mostly Upholds Medicaid ID Requirements
09/20/06 With Feds’ Help, Florida Govt, Firms Look to Pave Wetlands
09/20/06 Canadian Panel Exonerates CIA Rendition Survivor
09/19/06 Groups Go International with Fight for Former Prisoners’ Voting Rights
09/15/06 FedEx Drivers’ Privacy Shielded in Class-action Suit
09/15/06 Gitmo Prisoners Fight for Control of Post-release Fate
09/15/06 Groups Protest Prairie Burning as Cultural Throwback
09/14/06 Under Pressure, Govt. Halts Nuclear Dump on Indian Land
09/13/06 New Program Gives Local Police Immigration Enforcement Tools
09/12/06 House Moves to Hinder Church-State Lawsuits
09/12/06 Judge Keeps Oil Drillers from Alaskan Reserve
09/05/06 Oil Lobby Accused of Killing Cali. Anti-gouging Law
09/05/06 Navajos, Cuba Strike Unprecedented Trade Deal
09/04/06 Legal Fight over Harsh Local Immigration Law Moves Forward
09/01/06 Citgo Indictment Hints at Pollution Scourge, Texas Activists Say
08/29/06 Weathered Voices: Stories of Struggle Through the Voices of Survivors
08/25/06 ‘Destroyed’ FBI Puerto Rico Files Prompt Cover-up Charges
08/22/06 Forest Service Pushes on with ‘Roadless’ Area Logging
08/18/06 Campaigners Fight to Keep Mentally Ill out of Solitary Confinement
08/16/06 Judge Slams USDA in Pharma Crops Case
08/09/06 Environmentalists Burn Ethanol Hype as Empty Promise
08/04/06 Gay-Straight Youth Club Prevails Against School Board
08/03/06 Activists Call for Real Remedies to Prisoner Rape
08/02/06 Tipped Workers Would Fall Through Proposed Wage Floor
07/31/06 Laid Off Workers Handed ‘Paltry’ Govt. Grant Program
07/26/06 New Land Rules Serve Ranchers, Hamper Conservationists
07/24/06 Stem Cell Battle Gestates Outside the Beltway
07/20/06 As Predatory Lending Adapts to Weak Regulations, the Poor Pay
07/12/06 Killer Cops Inspire Grave Concern in Las Vegas
07/07/06 House Approves Offshore Drilling; Bill Pays States
07/06/06 Indigenous Ceremony at Bear Butte Faces Disruption, ‘Desecration’
07/03/06 Giant Factory Farms Encroach on Communities, Evade Regulation
06/29/06 Rights Group Probes Govt. Over New ‘Lie Detection’ Tools
06/28/06 Estate-tax Cuts ‘Sweetened’ with Corporate Welfare for Timber
06/26/06 Three Years On, Lone ‘Enemy Combatant’ Lingers on U.S. Soil
06/21/06 Gay-Straight Student Group Fights for Equal Treatment
06/19/06 Asbestos Trust Fund’s Latest Try Raises Same Concerns
06/14/06 New Analysis Says Health Savings Accounts are No Cure
06/13/06 As Feds Trample ‘Roadless’ Areas, Activists Defend Oregon Forest
06/07/06 Cheney’s Office Declares Exemption from Secrecy Oversight
06/01/06 Groups Challenge EPA’s ‘Industry friendly’ Pesticide Rules
05/31/06 Senate Immigration Bill Piles Costs on Citizen Hopefuls
