PEOPLE POWER
How “we the people” decide what we want, and how we get it.
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Empowerment in the Classroom
by Yana Kunichoffposted Feb 09, 2012 - How do we teach high school students to see themselves as protagonists in history? One idea involves Lupe Fiasco, Matt Damon, and the late Howard Zinn.
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California’s New Triple Bottom Line
by Sven Eberlein, Debra Baidaposted Feb 09, 2012 - Best in the world? Try best FOR the world. The Golden State welcomes a new kind of corporation.
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The People’s Media
by Joseph Torresposted Feb 08, 2012 - Public interest groups have waged a spirited campaign to prevent a corporate takeover of the Internet.
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A Magna Carta Moment for Internet Freedom
posted Feb 08, 2012 - Video: Why we must fight for our online rights—before they’re sold, legislated, and programmed away.
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Book Review: We Are Wisconsin
by Josh Eidelsonposted Feb 07, 2012 - The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen.
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Big News on Bank Transfers
by Brooke Jarvisposted Feb 03, 2012 - The Occupy effect? In the last 3 months, Americans switched banks at three times the normal rate.
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Beyond the Bubble Economy
by David Kortenposted Feb 02, 2012 - We’ve finally learned that a growing financial sector isn’t the same thing as actual economic improvement. So how can we stimulate the real economy?
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6 Ways to Empower Others
by Starhawkposted Feb 01, 2012 - What makes a good leader? The gift of strengthening everyone else.
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Deregulation Nation
posted Feb 01, 2012 - Video: Why is the Occupy movement focused on bank deregulation?
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5 Acts of Creative Disruption
by Ayla Harbin, Christa Hillstromposted Jan 31, 2012 - Video: From mic checks in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to flash mobs at Target, expressing dissent has never been more colorful.
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My Prices Are Not Too High: A Farmer Fires Back
by Shannon Hayesposted Jan 30, 2012 - Shannon Hayes: Why are my prices higher than those at the supermarket? Glad you asked.
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How to Reverse the Corporate Coup d’Etat
posted Jan 26, 2012 - Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig discuss the Occupy movement, Citizens United, and our best options for real reform.
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Alison Smith: Elections Money Can’t Buy
by Paul Loebposted Jan 26, 2012 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: How a quiet, stay-at-home mom became a clean-elections champion.
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New York’s Little Revolution
by Ellen Cantarowposted Jan 25, 2012 - How the state’s fight for clean water is reshaping its political landscape.
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The State of the 99 Percent
by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanaghposted Jan 25, 2012 - The Occupy movement is clearly affecting political rhetoric ... but what about real action?


