The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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"Unstoppable" Homeowners Fight Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud In Los Angeles
"We cannot give up, not now, not tomorrow, not until real changes come – we
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Raking In On Rents: The Housing Crisis Begins Anew
Americans need to say no now to this new scheme, lest we allow the past mortgage crisis to become a current rent fiasco.
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Post-Occupied: Where Are We Now?
Occupy did not happen in a vacuum, and any attempt to analyze it in one will fail. What happens next depends on how prepared people are to choose a direction, and how ready they are to push.
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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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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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Occupy Homes Resistance Grows Against Foreclosures in Minneapolis
Activists spearheaded an initiative called the Eviction Free Zone for neighborhoods in Minneapolis, where activists hunker down in foreclosed properties, warding off attempts by police and banks to change the locks.
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Homeowners Jailed, Protesters Brutally Tased at DOJ Demonstrations
A two-day long housing protest outside the Department of Justice this week has resulted in nearly 30 arrests and several instances of law enforcement unnecessarily using tasers on activists.
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Housing Victories, from Atlanta to Detroit to Minneapolis
Homeowners recently got a reprieve in three separate cities thanks to support from their communities that helped them stave off evictions.
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Dr. Occupy, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Run for Congress
I'm one of the minority in the Occupy movement who optimistically believes our politics can be redeemed, that direct action tactics and grassroots campaigns can be brought successfully to electoral politics. So I ran for office.
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Occupy Our Homes Kicks Off Year Two with National Day of Action
On December 6, communities around the country keep the spotlight on the housing crisis with the Occupy Our Homes movement’s national day of action.
