We Are the 99 Percent

Wheelchair Sports Camp Talk New EP (LISTEN)

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.08.2012

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If you don't know who Wheelchair Sports Camp are yet, you will soon. Led by MC/Producer Kalyn Heffernan and joined by vocalist/saxophonist Abi McGaha ...

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99% Spring Has Sprung: Shareholder Actions Underway Across the County

Mary Bottari | Posted 04.30.2012

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Mary Bottari

The goal: to wrest control of our democracy back from the robber barons and CEOs that systematically block any effort to create an economy and a body politic that serves the needs of the vast majority of Americans and not the elite few.

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The 99 Percent Spring and Extreme Inequality

Chuck Collins | Posted 04.02.2012

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Chuck Collins

The "99 to 1" dichotomy may strike some folks as polarizing and inaccurate. Yet it's a powerful lens for understanding what's happened to our society and economy over the last several decades.

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'Join The 1%': Ad Mocks Occupy Movement

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.27.2012

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This should test Occupy Wall Street's sense of humor. A commercial for Interactive Brokers, a trading service company, depicts barricaded virtual p...

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Occupy the Empty Space

Benjamin Shepard | Posted 05.19.2012

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Benjamin Shepard

Occupy the Empty Space believes housing is a human right. Unfortunately, the 1% has turned it into something barely accessible -- if accessible at all -- for far too many of the 99%.

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How the Fed Steals for the 1%

Tom Mullen | Posted 05.13.2012

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Tom Mullen

The Occupiers mistakenly blame capitalism, but it is not capitalism that is behind this inequity. It is the completely anti-capitalist Federal Reserve System.

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The Trouble With Occupy

Jim Prues | Posted 05.01.2012

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Jim Prues

The old system is crumbling under the weight of its own corruption, as Occupy, The Arab Spring, the ongoing financial crisis and a host of other factors and influences come to a head here, in 2012. We must admit these are no ordinary times.

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Class Warfare: Which Side Are You on?

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.18.2012

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Bob Burnett

The 2012 election will be a referendum on the economy and Obama's leadership. But at another, deeper level, the election will be about class warfare.

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Ten Valentine's Day Cards From the 99 Percent

James Napoli | Posted 04.09.2012

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James Napoli

Now that it's officially halftime in America, perhaps we will see some changes soon. In the meantime, those of us who are struggling through, battling against or just doing our best still need to spread the love on the most romantic holiday of the year.

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It's Up to the 99% to Insist Upon a Better Form of Capitalism

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 04.08.2012

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Peter Smirniotopoulos

It's time for the 99% to put up or shut up; time to "vote with our wallets and pocketbooks"; time to act as much like the "good global citizens" our rhetoric suggests we want everyone else in the world to be.

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Jillian Berman

One For All: Occupy Wall Street Shifts Focus Of One Environmental Activist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.06.2012

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Lisa Renstrom has been both a member of the one percent and an activist for much of her life, but Occupy Wall Street put a new frame on a decade...

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Preschool Teacher Sells Chili to Make Ends Meet: Where Are Our Values?

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 04.07.2012

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Susan Ochshorn

Something is really wrong with this picture.

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Jason Cherkis

'We Are The 25 Percent'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- It is hard not to be curious about Mitt Romney supporters. The GOP presidential candidate's awkward embrace of the electorate, which has...

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Worst in the World in... Math?

Alan Grayson | Posted 04.04.2012

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Alan Grayson

Why should we be surprised that the poor can't count? In Mitt Romney's America, they don't count.

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Obama's Common Sense

Bob Burnett | Posted 03.27.2012

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Bob Burnett

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. 236 years later, Barack Obama presented his own forceful version of common sense in his third State-of-the-Union address.

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Teaching Real Law for the 99 Percent

Oliver R. Goodenough | Posted 03.19.2012

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Oliver R. Goodenough

The legal profession isn't the only sector of our society that has focused excessively on the needs of moneyed power, but it can help lead the way to redressing the balance.

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Sara Kenigsberg

Laid-Off D.C. Lobbyist Says The Occupy Movement Should Hire Him (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sara Kenigsberg | Posted 03.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of people from across the country convened on Capitol Hill Tuesday to participate in Occupy Congress, an offshoot of the Occupy...

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Michael McAuliff

Congress Occupied: Hundreds Swarm Capitol Hill To Represent 99 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.17.2012

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A diverse crowd of hundreds from around the country descended on Capitol Hill Tuesday as the Occupy movement tried to get its point across to a Congre...

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Finally, Newt Gingrich Gets Two Things Right

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 03.13.2012

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Peter Smirniotopoulos

Bain Capital made Mitt Romney a much wealthier man than he already was as the heir to Daddy's fortune. But was it good for America? Hardly. Is this the American Dream? Perhaps only for the already wealthy Romney.

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Artist Spotlight: Wheelchair Sports Camp Rapper Talks Denver Hip-Hop

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 01.30.2012

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Kalyn Heffernan is emcee of one of Denver's hottest rising hip-hop groups, Wheelchair Sports Camp. She deftly writes politically charged raps as well ...

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Compassion Is Our New Currency

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 02.21.2012

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Rebecca Solnit

Perhaps the greatest gift that Occupy Wall Street and the other movements of 2011 have given us is a sharpening of our perceptions -- and our conflicts. One thing couldn't be clearer: compassion is our new currency.

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House Republicans: Gambling With Millions of Lives

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 02.20.2012

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Deborah Weinstein

When the House Republicans blew up a bipartisan Senate plan to continue unemployment insurance and the payroll tax cut for two months, they made it clear that they were willing to use the 99 percent as bargaining chips in their fight to protect the top 1 percent.

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Traitors to Their Class

Peter Dreier | Posted 02.20.2012

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Peter Dreier

Today's Harvard students, protesting on behalf of the 99 percent, are hardly an anomaly, but are part of a proud tradition of affluent Americans -- those who inherited or worked for their fortunes -- finding common cause with the poor, the working class, and progressive movements.

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Millionaires Buy Eight-Figure Properties While Foreclosures Hit Nation Hard

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

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If you want an example of how one percenters differ from everyone else, look no further than the housing market. In a year when a pipeline of forec...

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'We Are The 99 Percent' Chosen As Year's Top Quote

AP | By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.21.2011

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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSON, Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Yale University librarian says the slogan "We are the 99 percent" by Occupy Wall S...

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