Stories by Dan Frosch

Dan Frosch is a New York-based journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Source and the Santa Fe Reporter.subscribe to Dan Frosch's rss feed

Un-Housing the Poor

Posted on Jun 6, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is leading the charge to deny assistance to the families who need it the most.

Land of the Detained

Posted on May 5, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Wolff Marsan sold a $20 bag of coke to an undercover cop. He was deported, jailed and tortured in Haiti, escaped, and now faces deportation a second time. His story illustrates the arbitrary cruelty of the immigrant deportation process.

Border Brouhaha

Posted on Apr 12, 2005, Source: AlterNet

While much is made of the Minutemen patrolling the Mexico-U.S. border, lawsuits pile up against an Arizona rancher with a troubling history.

Sudden Death

Posted on Mar 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet

A young steel worker dies and an industry grapples with a disturbing rise in fatalities on the job.

Jailhouse Crock

Posted on Feb 24, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Some Republicans in Arizona want to take all Mexican nationals in state prisons and build a new prison for them — in Mexico.

Your Money or Your Life

Posted on Feb 9, 2005, Source: The Nation

Today, medical-related debt is the second leading cause of personal bankruptcies – and the middle class is suffering the most.

Drug Store Cowboys

Posted on Nov 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Pharmacies and drug companies have come up with a novel way to make more money: use our medical records to pitch us more drugs.

Reservation Blues

Posted on Nov 9, 2004, Source: In These Times

While a Navajo town deals with the ravages of the latest addictive drug, crystal meth, tribal elders fight back by reinforcing Navaho culture.

The Vote Was Protected in Cleveland

Posted on Nov 3, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Cleveland can thank Election Protection volunteers for the relative calm at its voting precincts.

Fighting a New War

Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The veteran groups protesting in New York City may not all support John Kerry, but they are united in their opposition to the Bush administration's policies.

Public Thunder

Posted on Aug 29, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Sunday's protesters in Manhattan went shoulder-to-shoulder in a free-speech free for all.

The Ex Factor

Posted on Aug 12, 2004, Source: In These Times

Prison-reform groups are working to educate former felons on their voting rights.

Locking Up New Voters

Posted on Aug 12, 2004, Source: In These Times

Prison reform groups along with voting rights organizations are working in unprecedented numbers across the country to register ex-felons for 2004.

New Mexico Front and Center

Posted on Jul 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet

In New Mexico, many of America's most pressing problems are played out in dramatic fashion every day – from poverty to health care to education and the environment.

Uncle Sam Wants You Anyway

Posted on May 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Did the Justice Department intentionally contract the roughest, toughest prison officials – regardless of their histories – to reform Iraqi jails?

Exporting America's Prison Problems

Posted on May 13, 2004, Source: The Nation

Why did the Justice Department send a man whose prisons had been plagued by reports of inmate mistreatment for nearly a decade to Abu Ghraib?

Gunning for the White House

Posted on Apr 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet

While the gun lobby has traditionally been assumed a Republican sure-thing at the polls, both John Kerry and George Bush have begun an awkward political duel over the gun issue with varying degrees of success.

The Burden of Conscience

Posted on Mar 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet

When Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia announced that he was applying for conscientious objector status, the idea of pacifism entered the debate over the war in Iraq.

If Ashcroft Were Uninsured...

Posted on Mar 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet

John Ashcroft, in the hospital with pancreatitis, is undoubtedly receiving the best of care. But if he were one of the 41 million Americans without insurance, his experience would be vastly different.
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