If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
Laura Gottesdiener
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In the shadow of an oil boom, North Dakota farmers fight contamination
One county's infertile lands offer a test case of the long-term effects of wastewater spills.
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Landlords on Wall Street: The New Housing Scheme
A massive land grab has once again turned our homes into dangerous financial products.
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Resisting Foreclosure: Rising Up for a Dream Called Home
In her new book, Laura Gottesdiener shows how black Americans have historically been dispossessed of home, property and adequate work as a de facto economic policy.
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The Backyard Shock Doctrine
The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
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Occupy Homes: One Year on and Growing Daily
Building on a year filled with eviction blockades, house takeovers and singing auction blockades, the anniversary of Occupy Homes demonstrated that the group was still committed to risking arrest to keep people sheltered.
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After Sandy, Communities Mobilize a New Kind of Disaster Relief
A grassroots network of community-run relief stations and free kitchens have sprung up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in a mobilization reminiscent of the early days of Zuccotti Park.
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Historic Win for Restaurant Workers Union
Fired by a union-busting boss, several dozen workers from a New York Hot and Crusty occupied their restaurant - then opened their own sidewalk cafe, forcing their owner to cede to their demands.
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People Challenge Banks for Homes in Chicago
A housing liberation movement is brewing in the Windy City, where dozens of vacant homes have been freed from bank control and opened up to homeless families.
