While Occupy LA is the last to fall, focus on inequality will remain
The national dialogue started by Occupy Wall Street will continue, but the last of the encampments that have sprung up in big and small cities across America will be cleared…
“Supercommittee” comes up short
After weeks of intense and bitter negotiation, the so-called “Supercommittee,” the special Congressional Committee charged by President Obama to find a bipartisan plan for reducing the budget deficit, has failed…
OWS attempts to shut down Stock Exchange, hundreds arrested
Hundreds of protesters marched on Wall Street early this morning to prevent traders, financiers, and technocrats from reaching their jobs at the Stock Exchange. So far, 100 people have been…
NYPD clears Occupy Wall Street encampment, hundreds arrested
Acting on behalf of the wealthy and powerful interests of Wall Street, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended his decision to clear out Zuccotti Park, where protesters have staged…
Guns, felons, and restoration rights
A New York Times investigation of several states shows that convicted felons and other criminals are have their access to guns restored in spite of state laws and widespread public…
OH voters reject Republican agenda to limit public unions
In a stinging defeat of the Republican’s national agenda to undermine workers’ rights, voters in the state of Ohio roundly rejected a ballot initiative that would have limited public unions.…
SEC permits fraud by big banks, taxpayers call for real oversight
A recent New York Times investigation of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cases involving fraud by some of the nation’s biggest banks discovered dozens of instances over the last decade…