Occupy Wall Street

This pretty much kills the IRS scandal

The scandal has been a fiction all along as new documents show the IRS targeted liberal groups as well

Alex Seitz-Wald Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:50 PM UTC 190
Politics IRS scandal, Tea Party

Did Hollywood sleep through the financial crisis?

The film and music industries are embracing financiers' excesses like Wall Street is a beloved institution VIDEO

Daniel D'Addario Friday, Jun 21, 2013 10:39 PM UTC 41
Entertainment Video, Occupy Wall Street

Snowden’s real crime: Humiliating the state

Here's the reason the NSA leaker will never be forgiven or forgotten: He stood up to power and embarrassed it

Falguni A. Sheth Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:15 PM UTC 79
Politics Edward Snowden, NSA

American middle-class prosperity is pure fantasy

New research reveals that the US ranks 27th in the world when it comes to middle-class wealth

Les Leopold, AlterNet Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 3:23 PM UTC
Business AlterNet, Middle Class

The real IRS scandal: Targeting by class

For all the outcry about targeting by ideology, IRS has for years unfairly favored a different group: the rich

David Dayen Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:09 PM UTC
Business IRS, Scandal, audit, the rich

Smokey the Bear silenced on fracking

An artist and Occupy Wall Street veteran could be facing jail time for her viral forest service parody

Peter Rugh, Waging Nonviolence Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:39 PM UTC 10
Politics Waging Nonviolence

Is revolution coming to the U.S.?

They tend to come in waves, triggered by wars and anti-system protests. It can happen here

Michael Lind Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:20 PM UTC 139
Elections American Revolution, Communism

Austerity never works: Deficit hawks are amoral — and wrong

The 1 percent and the financial class caused the Great Recession. So why do we keep allowing them to shape policy?

Robert Kuttner Sunday, May 5, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 120
Business Austerity, Great Recession

Millennials are now the Crash Generation

Twenty-somethings coming of age today will be forever shaped by the country's economic recession

Nona Willis Aronowitz, Next New Deal Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:40 PM UTC 16
Business Next New Deal, Great Depression

Occupy’s legacy: The media finally covers social protest fairly

Occupy's message about income inequality took hold because the media, for once, took a grassroots protest seriously

David Graeber Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 49
Business Books, Occupy Wall Street, MSNBC

Down with the plastic lunch tray!

Industry reports suggest that ditching the cafeteria mainstay may be one of the best ways to reduce food waste

Kevin Charles Redmon, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013 6:50 PM UTC
Business Pacific Standard, Old Chapel

Amnesty now!

Post-Occupy, there's one cause that should unite the Left: The demand for sweeping, effective immigration reform

Matthew Cunningham-Cook, Jacobin Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 4:37 PM UTC
Politics Jacobin, Dream Act

Occupy protesters: Professional and well-educated

While onlookers shouted at OWS marches to "Get a job!" a new study reaffirms the absurdity of such taunts

Natasha Lennard Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 2:33 PM UTC 26
News Occupy, Occupy Wall Street

Debt is ingrained in America’s way of life

David Graeber's sweeping history "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" helps explain our country's basic power dynamics

Jeffery Atik, LA Review of Books Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 14
Business LA Review of Books, Debt, economy

The irony of joint FBI/private sector OWS policing

As protesters decried fusion of state and corporate interests, a fused state-corporate security apparatus monitored

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
News Occupy, Occupy Wall Street

FBI had counterterrorism agents investigate Occupy

It's the latest example of counterterrorism officials looking into domestic protest groups

Salon Staff Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 4:40 PM UTC
News FBI, Occupy Wall Street

Is Wal-Mart the enemy?

The mega-store's employees are battling for fair pay, real benefits and respect -- and not to harm the company

Matt Stoller Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 11
News Occupy Wall Street

Did Sandy save Occupy?

The protest movement's disaster-relief efforts have helped it connect with the “99 percent” in new, meaningful ways

Sharon Lerner, The American Prospect Tuesday, Nov 27, 2012 4:31 PM UTC
Politics Occupy Wall Street

4 ways to improve America’s labor market

A 30-year backlog of policies has created staggering income inequality. Here's how we can address them

Annette Bernhardt, Next New Deal Sunday, Nov 25, 2012 4:00 PM UTC 12
Business Labor Market, 1 percent

Occupy gets into the debt market

A new project to buy up and forgive thousands of dollars worth of debt is, at the very least, pretty clever VIDEO

Natasha Lennard Friday, Nov 9, 2012 8:59 PM UTC 29
News Rolling Jubilee, Mortgages

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