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ShareBig News on Bank Transfers
The Occupy effect? In the last 3 months, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
The Internet on Strike
What happened when major sites went on strike to offer a taste of a censored Internet.
How Cities and States are Sticking It to Citizens United
From courthouses to statehouses, the pro-corporate ruling is under pressure.
L.A. and Occupy L.A. Agree: It’s Time to End Corporate Personhood
What’s the issue that unites the occupiers and the city they’re occupying? Getting corporate money out of politics.
Protesters Win Pipeline Delay
How thousands of determined protesters dragged a little-known pipeline into the national spotlight—and convinced the Obama administration to delay its approval.
The Courage to Stop Pretending: Tim DeChristopher Sentenced
Can going to jail be a happier choice than turning a blind eye to climate injustice?
The Cyclists Who Beat an Airplane: A Tale of Carmaggedon
Los Angeles—perhaps America’s most famously car-choked city—briefly became a modern transportation morality play.
Mr. Colbert Goes to the FEC
The satirist wants to form "a megaphone made of cash"—his own super PAC.
“This is Not Democracy” — Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Bill Passes
In a controversial move, Republicans maneuvered the passage of Wisconsin's assault on collective bargaining after three weeks of protests. How'd they do it, and what happens next?
Citizens United?
The need to get money out of politics may be the one thing Americans agree on.
After the Campaign Cash, the Backlash
The 2010 midterm elections—the first since Citizens United opened the floodgates to corporate campaign cash—were the most expensive in history. So what happens next?
Appalachia Rising for a New Economy
Appalachian residents are serious about putting a stop to mountaintop removal coal mining—and building a more sustainable economy to take its place.
2010 a Tipping Point for Renewable Energy
100 days into the BP disaster, it's time to quit claiming that an economy based on fossil fuels is our only option.
France (Not) to Repay Debt to Haiti
A prank website is bringing France's colonial crimes into the spotlight.
People Without Homes, Homes Without People
In New York City, low-income people fighting for affordable housing are taking on the developers of vacant condo projects.
The High Cost of Cheap Coal
More and more people are recalculating the true price of coal and deciding it’s simply too high to pay.
First "Corporate Person" Runs for Political Office
To show how ludicrous an idea is, sometimes you have to take it seriously.
Veteran Fasts for Peace
Concerned for the mental health of soldiers, Thomas Mahany wrote a letter asking President Obama to "deal with the cause, not just the effect" of war's trauma by bringing troops home.
Scoring Transit and Walkability
Walk Score, a website that ranks the walkability of neighborhoods, now includes public transit in its rankings. Realtors say a good Walk Score rating adds major value to property listings.
Support for Health Care Reform on the Rise
Support for reform rebounds after a summer of widely-publicized misinformation campaigns.
