Blatantly Biased Tabloids and Clueless Mainstream Media Keep Missing the Obvious Big Story at OWS Many mainstream news outlets are flummoxed at best, condescending at worst, when it comes to their coverage of the new movement. By Sarah Seltzer “Occupy Wall...
Move Your Money Day a Success; Over $50 Million Withdrawn From Big Banks by Sarah Jaffe Around the country, in groups and individually, Americans voted with their dollars this week to move away from the banks that caused the economic crisis. Around the country this...
A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe By Chris Hedges I arrived in Times Square around 9:30 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. A large crowd was transfixed by the huge Jumbotron screens. Billows of smoke could be seen on the screens above us, pouring out of the...
With the growing discrepancy between rich and poor, we are witnessing more privilege in action. While privilege is typically enjoyed by rich, white males it is also shared with wealthy, white females, moneyed people of color, and all those born into the ruling class....