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Senator Sanders, Ordinary Americans #OccupytheSuperCommittee
Days after the tents were ripped out of Zucotti Park in New York, hundreds of Americans brought the fight for the 99% to the nation’s capital on Thursday with …
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How Bill Gates Can Be an Education Hero
A couple of days ago I watched and read the transcript of Fareed Zakaria’s CNN primetime special, “Restoring the American Dream: Fixing Education.” Zakaria talks …
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NBA Players: Welcome to the 99 Percent
If I were an NBA player, I’d be mighty confused right now. I wouldn’t be confused about why the entire 2011–12 season is now in jeopardy. I wouldn’t be …
Occupy Colleges Now: Students as the New Public Intellectuals
Students are recognizing that it is crucial to struggle for the university as a democratic public sphere.
How the 99 Percent Won in the Fight for Worker Rights
Workers' State of the State Response Rally against Senate Bill 5 in Ohio, March 8, 2011. (Photo: Ohio AFL-CIO) No headlines announced it. No TV pundits called …
A “Major Win” for Panamanian Corruption
While Congress debated over the recently passed free trade agreement, neither side acknowledged that a contract with Panama will not only fail to provide a level playing field for …
Who’s Wrecking America? Meet Your 1 Percent Nominees
The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1% get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99%. But who’s doing the most …
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Freezing Free Speech: Winter Tents Are “Contraband” for Occupy Boston
Occupy Boston is one of the largest and best established occupations of the 99 Percent movement, in the city known as the Cradle of Liberty for its role in …
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Do You Pay to Play or Do the Time?
Standing in front of a judge is intimidating (to me anyway). It seems a whole lot easier to cross a line, refuse to move, or lie down in the …
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Border War Rumors
Grim-faced military officers and ashen-faced politicians describe a horrific “war zone,” with “hundreds of people murdered” and “citizens under attack around the clock.” Some of the politicos say that …