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Why the Occupy Movement is Good for Our Health
Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on income inequality which found that the incomes of the top 1% nearly tripled between 1979 and 2007, whereas those of …
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With 13,111 New Peace Voters, Ron Paul Can Win the Iowa Caucus
If 2008 turnout and a recent Des Moines Register poll give an accurate picture of what would happen if the Iowa Republican presidential caucus were held today, that would …
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Plans to Sabotage “Recall Walker” Effort, Destroy Petitions in WI Seen Discussed on Facebook
The effort to recall Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker begins in earnest tomorrow, November 15. As TPM's Eric Kleefeld reports, Democrats and other opponents of the WI GOP's big …
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Government Shutdowns Get the 1% What They Want
A while back I was writing about the Republican threat of a government-wide shutdown, and the two-week Federal Aviation Administration shutdown (and Delta Airlines' anti-union role in that). The …
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Video of Police Preparing to Conduct Midnight Raid on Zuccoti Park
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New York Lawyers Guild Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Brookfield, Protesters Plan Day of Actions
As relocated Occupy Wall Street protesters regrouped in Foley Square and prepared to march to Canal Street (with a stop at Bloomberg's press conference on the way) the National …
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Perry’s Proposes to “Uproot All Three Branches of Government“
Bettendorf, Iowa - Hoping that his infamous “oops moment” is old news, Gov. Rick Perry returned to Iowa on Monday with plans to unveil a sweeping federal consolidation that …
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Video: New York Police Surround Zuccotti Park, Evict Occupy Wall Street During Midnight Raid
About an hour ago, news broke that the police began a surprise sweep of Zuccotti Park to destroy the Occupy Wall Street encampment. According to NBC News, “hundreds of …
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This Morning at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street eviction, November 15th. (Photo: Nick Gulotta) This morning, I watched lower Manhattan turn into a militarized lockdown. The park known as Liberty Square was …
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Violence and Vandalism Don’t Threaten the System, Occupy’s Positive Image Does
Occupy Wall Street, November 12th. (Photo: Saint Huck) We were confronted on Wednesday by two images of violence on college campuses. On the one hand, …