Video: Occupy Wall Street Not Just for the Young Video: Occupy Wall Street Not Just for the Young
There are plenty of young people at Occupy Wall Street, but the protests are not just a young man's game.
Oct 6, 2011 / Jin Zhao and Teresa Cotsirilos
Unions, Thousands Join Occupy Wall Street’s Fight Unions, Thousands Join Occupy Wall Street’s Fight
Thousands of people gathered at Foley Square in New York City, including many prominent unions, to demand an end to the bailout of Wall Street and a beginning to the bailing out of...
Oct 5, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Occupy LA Endorsed by City Council Members; Demonstrators Protest at Home of Bank CEO Occupy LA Endorsed by City Council Members; Demonstrators Protest at Home of Bank CEO
Official responses to Occupy Wall Street in LA and NYC have been different—really different.
Oct 5, 2011 / Jon Wiener
CEO CEO
Hewlett-Packard CEO, fired after disastrous eleven-month reign, gets $13 million in termination benefits. —news reports One job’s a job I never would forgo. That job, of course, is being CEO. According to the customs now prevailing, It pays a lot—and pays you more for failing. It must be nice to have a job wherein You cannot lose, for if you lose you win.
Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now
Her Senate testimony made her into a feminist icon, but her new book underscores her enduring career as a professor and writer.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill
Because you spoke out twenty years ago, women no longer shrug off sexual harassment—we press charges.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Kai Wright: Is Occupy Wall Street A Viable Movement? Kai Wright: Is Occupy Wall Street A Viable Movement?
As Occupy Wall Street gains ground, Kai Wright joins Democracy Now! to discuss whether the protests could evolve into a viable, populist movement.
Oct 5, 2011 / Press Room
American Dream Movement Demands ‘Jobs Not Cuts’ on Capitol Hill American Dream Movement Demands ‘Jobs Not Cuts’ on Capitol Hill
The Congressional Progressive Caucus and the American Dream movement demanded more help for the unemployed at a raucous Washington rally.
Oct 5, 2011 / George Zornick
Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia
Al-Shabab is the direct product of America's short-sighted and invasive foreign policy and American involvement in Somalia has benefitted the radical groups it has set out to defea...
Oct 5, 2011 / Press Room
Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves
Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw