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Progressives Do NOT Hate Wealth -- a #PPSA

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.18.2012

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Sally Kohn

In the first in a series of POLITICAL Public Service Announcements (#PPSA), I take on the conservative myth that liberals hate wealth and success. Not...

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Occupy Buddha: Reflections on Occupy Wall Street

Lewis Richmond | Posted 01.28.2012

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Lewis Richmond

This is about the 100% -- in other words, all of us. Who knows what Gautama was like in the years before he walked out of the palace. He may have been a self-satisfied aristocratic twit -- until he woke up.

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Adam Kaufman

WATCH: Occupy Wall Street: A Night Of Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Kaufman | Posted 11.17.2011

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As night fell on Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street protesters came out in the thousands for a final rally at the end of the movement...

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Hunter Stuart

WATCH: Occupy Harlem's Subway Protests Not As Bad As Predicted

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 11.18.2011

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NEW YORK -- On Thursday morning, it was widely reported in the media that Occupy Wall Street was planning to shut down New York City's subway system. ...

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Lila Shapiro

Day After Zuccotti Raid, Few Occupy Wall Street Protesters Gathering In Park

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.16.2011

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On Wednesday afternoon, a day and a half after the city temporarily evicted protesters from Zuccotti Park, security and media were in large supply. Wh...

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Saki Knafo

The Fire Hazard At Occupy Wall Street: Was It Real Or Just A Pretext?

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 11.16.2011

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In the wake of yesterday's evictions, hundreds of protestors stood outside Zuccotti Park waiting for word from the court on whether they would be allo...

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Lila Shapiro

The Raid On Occupy Wall Street: How It Happened And What Comes Next (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

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NEW YORK -- On the day of an unexpected 1 a.m. police raid on Zuccotti Park, where New York City cops evicted the protesters, dismantled the two-month...

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Hunter Stuart

WATCH: Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Chef

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.11.2012

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This story is part of a series that profiles the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. Sean Dolan, 48, has worked as a chef in a variety of restaurants...

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Hunter Stuart

WATCH: Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Food Activist

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.10.2012

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This is the sixth piece in a series profiling the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. There's a man in a white chef's suit on the southwest corner of...

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Adam Kaufman

WATCH: Faces of Zuccotti Park: The Local

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Kaufman | Posted 01.10.2012

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This is the fifth piece in a series profiling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. Not everyone at Zuccotti Park is an activist. Some of the visi...

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Adam Kaufman

WATCH: Faces of Zuccotti Park: The PR Guy

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Kaufman | Posted 01.09.2012

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This is the fourth part in a series profiling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. At certain times of day the number of cameras and recording de...

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WATCH: Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Homeless Artist

The Huffington Post | Adam Kaufman | Posted 01.09.2012

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This is the third in a series of profiles focusing on the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. Sleeping on the street or in illegal squats has become ...

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Lila Shapiro

Zuccotti Park's Burgeoning Micro-Neighborhoods May Indicate Deeper Divisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- Protesters at Occupy Wall Street insist that they are a completely leaderless movement with a purely horizontal structure. But where some ...

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Lila Shapiro

Zuccotti Park Protesters Setting Up Military Tents For Winter, Safety

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.07.2012

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NEW YORK -- Protesters in Zuccotti Park have erected the first four military frame tents on the park's densely packed cement square in the hopes of ad...

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Adam Kaufman

WATCH: Occupy Wall Street's New Storage Facility

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Kaufman | Posted 01.03.2012

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NEW YORK -- Zuccotti Park is surrounded by skyscrapers, which means that it doesn't get a lot of sunlight. And Saturday's snowstorm brought severa...

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Saki Knafo

Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Bill Collector

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 01.02.2012

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This is the first piece in a series profiling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. Jerry Ashton lives in New York, but he was out of town six week...

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Lila Shapiro

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Wrestle With Growing Security Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.01.2012

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Protesters living in Zuccotti park are dealing with an escalating security problem, which some say could threaten the sustainability of the Occupy Wal...

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Snotty Toward Zuccotti: Media Strains To Lampoon Protesters

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.26.2011

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Peter S. Goodman

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal, a paper widely respected for speaking with authority on economic issues, dispatched a team of reporters t...

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Occupy Denver: Stop The Arrests

Posted 12.26.2011

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Occupy Denver is preparing for the onslaught of winter in Mile High City and has gathered more than 10,000 signatures with hopes to stop the arrests a...

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Elizabeth Warren Clarifies Stance On 'Occupy'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.26.2011

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This post has been updated. Harvard law professor and Democratic Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is refining her relationship with ...

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Warren Makes Surprising Comments On Her Political Past, 'Occupy' Protests

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.25.2011

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Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, who is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts as a Democrat, revealed that she was a Republican until the 19...

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Artist Who Spoke Against Hitler Now Fights Wall Street

AP | By CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 12.24.2011

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-- Tao Rodriguez-Seeger was halfway through Friday night's march down Broadway to support the Occupy Wall Street movement, a guitar strapped over his...

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Occupy the Playground!

Alexander Goerlach | Posted 12.23.2011

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Alexander Goerlach

Having a youth movement is good. But what are the demands of the Occupy protesters? Without a message, they might as well occupy their local playgrounds. Real change happens through institutions, not by protesting against them.

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Americans, Sympathetic To Occupy Wall Street, Still Unsure Of Its Goals

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.18.2011

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Though the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park for over a month, and inspired dozens of simi...

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Occupy Wall Street Is A Renaissance, Not A Revolution

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 12.17.2011

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Peter S. Goodman

Bravo, Occupy Wall Street Protesters! You have changed the subject of the national conversation and taken us back to the crucial issues of the day -- ...

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