10 Groups Building a Grassroots Movement for Economic Justice

From the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Occupy Our Homes, these groups are galvanizing communities to action nationwide.

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How Michoacán's Armed Self-Defense Groups Are Retaking Power from Mexican Cartels

Mexican law forbids citizens from bearing most firearms, but 25,000 armed citizen self-defense groups adamantly declare it is their right to protect themselves and their communities against equally armed criminal groups.

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Occupy Monsanto Protesters Push Labeling Resolution at Annual Shareholder Meeting

For the first time ever, Monsanto shareholders convened to vote on a resolution to support GMO labeling.

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Move Over Mainstream: This Is What New Populism Looks Like

Occupy Wall Street provided the first volleys, but we'll need much more popular education and greater popular mobilization to grow a movement.

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Children of Egypt's Revolution, Three Years Later, Struggle to Recover

In Egypt, where approximately one thousand people were killed during the 18-day uprising in January and February of 2011, the psychological effects of murders by Egyptian police are still present and being openly felt.

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Venture Capitalist Compares 'War On 1 Percent' To Nazi Anti-Semitism

Yes, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of the novel, "Sex and the Single Zillionaire"—who is worth $8 billion—really said that.

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Ukrainian Journalist: 10 Things The West Needs To Know About The Crisis In Kiev

This article was submitted to Business Insider by Taras Ilkiv, who felt that outsiders needed to comprehend the situation in Kiev.

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As British Public Shuns Fracking, Many See a Turn Toward Tidal Energy

Both the economic and ecological arguments against fracking undermine the government’s goal of igniting a "British Shale Gas revolution" – especially with forecasts projecting tidal energy to become a £6 billion industry that creates 19,000 jobs.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: A Veteran, Occupier and Teacher Wants His Job Back

I am David Suker, the teacher and outspoken critic of the Bloomberg administration who was fired for participating in Occupy Wall Street.

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8 Documentaries With Social Impact Brought Big Message to the Screen in 2013

Films have the power of opening the gates of our collective consciousness, forcing us to confront uncomfortable realities while telling us about the true state of the world.

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