Occupy Wall Street News

This year, I've been focused on how anti-poverty activists can move from a defensive battle defined by trying to save what needs to be saved during these budget debates, to an offensive one, laying out a vision that inspires ongoing, unified action and builds a vibrant movement that connects with people in their communities.

Ever since he and his wife and Sonic Youth bandmate Kim Gordon announced their split in late 2011, Thurston Moore has kept his mouth largely shut.

A group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy movement has returned to Easton and the mayor says they're breaking the law.

The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon.

May 15, 2012 -- Happy birthday, Mark Zuckberg. The Facebook founder and chief executive officer turned 28-years-old Monday.

Over the next few weeks, Rhizome will present a series of performance GIFs curated by Jesse Darling.

In the city of Chattanooga, there is an organization known as Chattanooga Organized for Action.

Over the course of the past week, actions by offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement have brought attention to the issues of student tuition hikes and food sovereignty.

Do you remember Occupy Wall Street? A huge split has occurred within the Occupy movement.

Americans love their tech gurus, but the feeling isn't mutual. Joel Kotkin on the new ruling class that's gaming the system and jerking the rest of us around.

OCTOBER 18: Members of the Occupy Wall Street community join Teamsters in front of the auction house Sotheby's to protest the lockout of union art handlers in a contract dispute on October 18, 2011 in New York City.

The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon.

John E. Zuccotti may have a park of his own downtown, made famous by the Occupy Wall Street protests that centered around the privately-owned public space, but when he and his wife Susan decided to pick up an apartment in Manhattan, they chose a more classical park to look out onto: Central Park.

What happens when Saul Alinsky goes to college? Intimidation, polarization, and an end to the free inquiry and exchange that are the hallmarks of liberal education.

Not too long ago, trashing George Bush was a Hillary-approved form of patriotic dissent.

Thousands of Spaniards on Sunday gathered to mark the second anniversary of the "indignants" movement formed to protest economic inequality as unemployment in the debt-ridden country last month hit record levels.

"It's the Hotel Altamont," according to a New York Post article detailing one Bushwick landlord's efforts to evict his tenants.

A soon to be released Treasury Inspector Generals report will show that on March 10, 2010 an IRS unit in Cincinnati began to search out tax exempt applications from groups with political sounding names like Tea Party, patriots, or 9/12 Project, Glenn Beck's group.

Projection on the side of the Foundation Building, Thursday evening, by The Illuminator, the political art project that emerged out of Occupy Wall Street.

An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement has bought more than $1 million in old medical bills in this area and freed the debtors from the obligation of paying it off.