People Power
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NYC Gives Citizens a Say in the Budget
by Kate MalongowskiDec 02, 2011
- What if you could weigh in on how your city’s money is spent? In some districts of New York City, you can.
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Jobs Not Cuts: UK Strikes Against Austerity
by Ari BermanDec 01, 2011
- In Britain, two million public sector workers launched the largest strike in three decades.
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7 Ways to Support the Real Job Creator: Main Street
by John Cavanagh, David KortenNov 29, 2011
- Turns out most job creation comes from the 99 percent, not the one percent.
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Ai-jen Poo: Organizing Labor—With Love
by Mark EnglerNov 29, 2011
- The YES! Breakthrough 15: Battling for those on the economic bottom rung—domestic workers.
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How Will Occupy Evolve?
Nov 22, 2011
- What’s next for the Occupy movement? Thom Hartmann interviews Sarah van Gelder about the new book, This Changes Everything.
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How Occupy is Transforming Our National Conversation
by Robin Broad, John CavanaghNov 22, 2011
- In just two months, the Occupy movement has begun to unseat an economic narrative that held sway for thirty years.
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This Changes Everything: How the 99% Woke Up
by Sarah van GelderNov 18, 2011
- Introducing the movement that’s shifting our vision of what kind of world is possible—from the new book, “This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement.”
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Occupy A New Conversation
by David KortenNov 16, 2011
- America is a tale of two economies: one serves Wall Street, and the other is accountable to the rest of us. Which one will we choose?
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Lessons of a Police Chief: Militarized Policing Is a Mistake
by Norm StamperNov 16, 2011
- From his experience overseeing Seattle’s infamous crackdown on WTO protesters years ago, Norm Stamper knows exactly what police should not do.
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Emotional Learning Brings Real Hope to Schools
by Katherine GustafsonNov 10, 2011
- A little-known movement helps kids understand the connection between the brain and heart, and improve their behavior (and test scores) too.
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An Oregon Experiment in Citizen Governance
by Tyrone ReitmanNov 04, 2011
- A new law that puts voters in charge of breaking through political spin could be a first step in making policy decisions that work.
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Occupy Wall Street’s Moral Ground
by Kathleen MooreNov 01, 2011
- Much of the Occupy movement’s power comes from a simple moral message: It’s wrong to wreck the world. It’s wrong to wreck the health and hopes of others.
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Plastic State of Mind
Nov 01, 2011
- A video parody: Why the age-old "paper or plastic?" question shouldn't be a question at all.
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Occupy the Banks: Strategies for Transformation
by Gar AlperovitzOct 28, 2011
- Beyond revolution and reform: Gar Alperovitz on how we can fundamentally transform our financial system.
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EU: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands?
by Robert MellingerOct 28, 2011
- A controversial move to prohibit oil imported from what’s been called the world’s dirtiest fuel source could be an example for the rest of us.