It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Introducing the Global Power Project
Occupy.com is launching a research project to examine the networks of global power between banks, corporations, governments and international institutions.
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Canadian and U.S. Native People Vow to Block Oil Pipelines
An alliance of Canadian and U.S. aboriginal groups vowed last week to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands.
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Reported Plans Surface For CIA To Hand Over Drone Program To Pentagon
The CIA is reportedly planning on handing the controversial drone program over to the Pentagon.
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New Jersey, After the Deluge
New Jersey's $1.8 billion Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery “Action Plan” doesn't serve the state's citizens.
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Nationwide Protests Escalate Against Keystone XL Pipeline
Thirty-seven people had been arrested as of Wednesday during a week when dozens of countrywide actions aimed to halt the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Minnesota's Homeowner Bill Of Rights is Blocked By Banks, State Democrats
Since California passed a Homeowner Bill of Rights earlier this year, foreclosures fell 63 percent across the state. Why are Minnesota's Democratic lawmakers siding with banks to block the bill in their state?
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Book Review: "The Beginning of the American Fall"
Comics journalist Stephanie McMillan recounts the burgeoning influence, successes and failures of Occupy Wall Street, from hopeful inception to uncertain future, in her latest graphic novel.
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Big Banks Offer Payday Loans At 300 Percent Interest
Big banks will now lend money at 300 percent interest, leading to sure financial ruin, according to a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending.
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ALEC Is Now Deciding What You Eat
It's time to knock down ALEC's factory-farm abuse cover-up efforts, so every American can see the truth – and the pain – behind the food they eat.
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16 Giant Corporations That Have Basically Stopped Paying Taxes — While Also Cutting Jobs
It's a golden age for corporate profits. So why don't our biggest corporations pay more taxes?