As the name for a protest, the word "Occupy" works okay when you put it in front of "Wall Street," but as it becomes a worldwide political movement, it's pretty iffy. Try out: "Occupy Poland." Or ...

New York Police roughly ousted Occupy Wall Street campers in Zuccotti Park, and occupations in cities around the country had similar endings. The use of force gave the movement additional visibility, ...

On a day when the world celebrates the rights of everyday workers, we sat down with activists of color to talk about Occupy Wall Street. Colorlines is the leading source for accessible media on race, ...

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win,” American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and political activist Chris Hedges said of the pattern of various ...

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has often been portrayed as the Tea Party’s ideological mirror image: a left-wing response to the global economic crises that began in August 2007. Initiated with a tent city ...

A little-known movie is getting lots of attention lately because of its suggested strategies being used, knowingly or unknowingly, by participants in the ongoing Occupy Movement. The movie, Ghetto ...

The genius of the Occupy movement is its unerring focus on the cause of the economic crisis that engulfs the U.S. and much of the world. Asked insistently, “What are your demands?” “What’s your agenda ...

Dorli Rainey, a self-described "old lady in combat boots" who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was photographed after being pepper-sprayed by Seattle police, has died. She was ...

As the Occupy DC movement gains steam more than two weeks after the first protesters headed to McPherson Square, Georgetown students and faculty are being drawn to the movement. Hundreds of people, ...