SARAH JAFFE
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ALTERNET
Giant Tax Loopholes and Tax Breaks--All About The Multi-Billion Dollar Facebook IPO, May 18, 2012
Morgan Stanley Shareholder Meeting Mic-Checked, Protesters Demand Accountability From Multimillionaire CEO, May 15, 2012
7 Foreclosure Horror Stories--And One Possible Win, May 9, 2012
"Tuition Fees are Class War!" CUNY Brooklyn College Students Roughed Up By Police For Demanding Fairer Treatment, May 3, 2012
"Festive, Righteous Anger": Occupy Makes May Day Comeback with Massive Demonstrations, May 1, 2012
Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media is Changing Our News--And Our Lives, May 1, 2012
Taking Back May Day: What To Expect on the Nationwide Day of Rallies, Strikes and Actions, April 29, 2012
Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion, Debtors Rally for Relief, April 25, 2012
Labor Unions' Fight for the 99% Goes Way Beyond Raising Campaign Dollars, April 22, 2012
Romney Celebrates with Trump as Working New Yorkers Rally Against Rich Tax Dodgers, April 18, 2012
4 Ways the Big Banks are Still Screwing Homeowners--And How They're Fighting Back, April 10, 2012
How Occupy Wall Street Plans to Take Down Bank of America--And How You Can Help, April 8, 2012
Corporate Cash Streams Into Ohio to Unseat Senator Sherrod Brown, April 6, 2012
Fired for a Short Skirt? The Realities of Anti-Worker Laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, March 26, 2012
As TV Production Companies Rake In Profits, Employees Fight Wage Theft, Form Unions, March 26, 2012
Is the Media Ready to Stop Letting Politicians Lie?, March 20, 2012
Darrell Issa Holds Another All-Male Panel in Brooklyn, This Time on Foreclosures; Gets Mic-Checked, March 19, 2012
Liberty Plaza Re-Occupied for 6-Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street; Police Violently Raid, March 18, 2012
Advertising Firm Using Homeless People to Provide Wireless Internet at South by Southwest, March 12, 2012
Fast for Fair Food: Farmworkers Fast "So Our Children Won't Have To", March 8, 2012
While Limbaugh Sheds Advertisers, Taxpayers Pay to Broadcast His Toxic Sludge to the Troops, March 6, 2012
Offensive is Nothing New: Rush Limbaugh's 5 Worst Remarks, March 6, 2012
How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries--And How Workers and the Community Are Fighting Back, March 4, 2012
Springsteen's New Album, "Wrecking Ball", Captures Rage of Americans Still Rocked by Economic Crisis, February 29, 2012
How Financial Crisis, Economic Inequality, Social Media and More Brought Revolutions in 2011--And Changed Us Forever, Interview with Paul Mason, February 27, 2012
New Georgia Bill Includes $10,000 Fine, Felony For "Conspiracy" for Picketing, Protest, February 23, 2012
Is Congress Going to Double The Interest on Your Student Loan?, February 22, 2012
How the Wisconsin Uprising Changed America and Why Its Renegade Politics are Here to Stay, Interview with John Nichols, February 21, 2012
New Program will Bring Thousands of Jobs to Low-Income Californians, February 20, 2012
Why Right-Wingers (And Media Hacks) Are Totally Wrong About What Americans Believe--We're Becoming Less, Not More, Conservative, February 17, 2012
Grocery Store Workers Rally in Brooklyn for Overtime Pay, Fight Wage Theft, February 13, 2012
5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons, Tax Breaks for the Rich...and a Bible Theme Park, February 9, 2012
How Rick Santorum Stokes Race and Class Anxieties to Win Unlikely Primary Victories, February 8, 2012
5 Big Lies About the Phony War on Religion, February 8, 2012
Dennis Kucinich vs. Marcy Kaptur: How GOP Redistricting Will Force Out a Top Progressive Congressmember, February 7, 2012
Halftime In America: Clint Eastwood Chrysler Ad a Mishmahs of Political Points, February 6, 2012
6 Things You Should Know about Arizona's Worse-Than-Wisconsin Attack on Public Workers, February 5, 2011
The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die, February 2, 2012
Time to Break Up Zombie Bank of America?, January 26, 2012
$422,320 for a College Degree? With Tuition Skyrocketing, It is Time to Rethink Higher Education, January 16, 2011
As Occupy Wall Street Has Changed Protest Dynamics, Vibrant Groups Like United Students Against Sweatshops are Back in the Forefront, January 15, 2012
Wisconsin Rising: Grassroots Documentary Film Follows the People's Movement in Madison from Revolt to Recalls, January 11, 2012
Standardized Tests Hurt Kids and Public Schools: Teachers and Parents Take a Stand Against Corporate-Backed Test Regime, January 4, 2012
7 Places the 99% Will Fight Back Hard in 2012, January 2, 2012
10 Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who Represent Some of the Most Financially Screwed Districts, December 27, 2011
10 Winning Moments for the 99% in 2011, December 26, 2011
The 99% Versus Wall Street: Stephen Lerner on How We Can Mobilize To Be the Greedy 1%'s Worst Nightmare, December 22, 2011
Democrats are Still Compromising Away Women's Rights--What's Wrong with the Pro-Choice Movement's Strategy?, December 20, 2011
GOP Again Holds Working America Hostage to Its Perverse Ideological Priorities, December 15, 2011
Finally, Higher Taxes for the 1%: Is Occupy Behind Governors' Moves to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Share?, December 8, 2011
How Anticorporate Sentiment Might Just Have Killed the AT&T Merger, December 6, 2011
Hazmat Suits to Break Up Occupations? How Mayors Feign Concern for Health to Trash a Growing Movement, December 4, 2011
Thanks to Nurses Union and Occupy Wall Street, Pressure for Financial Transaction Tax Grows, November 30, 2011
The Power of Occupy Wall Street is Not Just What They're Doing But How They're Doing It, November 29, 2011
Meet 5 Big Lenders Profiting from the $1 Trillion Student Debt Bubble (Hint: You Know Some of Them Already), November 28, 2011
OWS Education Activists Launch Student Debt Refusal Pledge, November 21, 2011
OWS Fight is Far From Over: Explosive Actions on 2-Month Anniversary of Movement, with Nick Turse, Kristen Gwynne, Sarah Seltzer and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, November 17, 2011
Inside NYSE: One Activist Got In and Left a Message for the 1%, November 17, 2011
Occupy the NYSE: Huge Crowd Overwhelms Financial District to Kick Off OWS Day of Action, November 17, 2011
Undaunted by Crackdown, Occupy Wall Street and New York Activists Plan Massive Day of Action, November 16, 2011
Judge Rules Protesters Can Reenter Liberty Plaza; No Tents, "Semi-Permanent Structures", November 15, 2011
Occupy the Education System: Students, Teachers and Parents Find New Spirit and Challenge the Attack on Public Schools, November 9, 2011,
Move Your Money Day a Success; Over $50 Million Withdrawn From Big Banks, November 8, 2011,
Debtor's Revolution: Are Debt Strikes Another Possible Tactic in the Fight Against the Big Banks?, November 3, 2011
Biometric Door Locks and Bulletproof Windows: How Occupy Wall Street is Scaring the Heck out of the 1%, November 1, 2011
Which Bank is Worst for America? 5 Behemoths that Hold Our Political System Hostage (with Joshua Holland), October 19, 2011
Activists in New York Target "Governor 1%": Cuomo Under Fire for Refusing to Extend Millionaire's Tax, October 19, 2011
The First 21st Century Movement: Douglas Rushkoff on Occupy Wall Street and Reclaiming the Internet from Corporations, October 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Prepares for Crackdown--Will Bloomberg Try to Tear It All Down?, October 13, 2011
From Party to Standoff at Times Square: Occupy Wall Street Spreads, October 16, 2011
"This is Only Getting Bigger: 20,000 Rally in New York to Support Occupy Wall Street, October 5, 2011
"They're Arresting Us One by One"; 700 Thrown in Jail as Wall Street Protest Grows, October 2, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Fighting Banker Greed and the Surveillance State, September 27, 2011
5 Progressive Candidates to watch as the 2012 Campaign Heats Up, September 23, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protest has International Support, Setting Up for Long Haul, September 21, 2011
Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop?, September 21, 2011
Inside the Trillion-Dollar Underground Economy Keeping Many Americans (Barely) Afloat in Desperate Times, September 16, 2011
Are Jobs on Their Way to Becoming Obsolete? And Is That a Good Thing?, September 12, 2011
Controversy and Confusion Over the Latest WikiLeaks Revelations: 8 Things You Really Need to Know, September 9, 2011
8 Things You Should Know about the New Lawsuit Against the Banks that Torpedoed the Economy, September 6, 2011
This Labor Day, As Unions Face Historic Attacks, it's Time to Stand Together and Fight for Jobs, September 4, 2011
5 Worst So-Called Job Creation Ideas From the GOP, August 30, 2011
Nurses Take On Wall Street and the Politicians Who Pander to Corporations, August 29, 2011
How the Surveillance State Protects the Interests of the Ultra-Rich, August 29, 2011
As Hurricane Irene Hits the East Coast, Let's Not Forget the Lessons of the Last Big Storm to Shake America, August 26, 2011
Longer Weekends and Higher Wages: 5 Surprising Ways that Would Help Improve the Economy, August 22, 2011
Major Backlash at Right-Wing Ohio Governor Has Him Scrambling for "Compromise" With Progressives, August 19, 2011
New Information on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Proves It's About Eliminating Competition, Jobs, August 16, 2011
92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents--Banks Booting People Without Proof?, August 15, 2011
Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?, August 14, 2011
They Got Bailed Out We Got Sold Out: How Banks Profit from the Lack of Jobs, August 11, 2011
6 Shady Right-Wing Groups Pouring Money into Wisconsin Recall, August 8, 2011
Will Voters Boot Wisconsin Republicans? 7 Things to Know About Tuesday's Recall Elections, August 5, 2011
How Recession is Hastening the Wal-Martization of America, August 2, 2011
The 10 Worst Things about Rick Perry--and Why It Would Be Really Bad if He Runs for President, August 1, 2011
$230,000 For a Guard Dog? Why the Wealthy Are Afraid of Violence From Below, July 29, 2011
Captain America, The Problems With Nostalgia and the Search for a Hero, July 25, 2011
Why Do Conservatives Hate High-Speed Rail? 5 Reasons Right-Wingers are Sabotaging Public Transportation Projects, July 22, 2011
The Unemployed Aren't Invisible: Washington and the Media Just Aren't Paying Attention, July 21, 2011
11 States Trying Really Hard to Keep Poor, Black and Student Voters from Voting, July 18, 2011
7 Winning Issues for Democrats--If They Only Had the Guts to Fight, July 15, 2011
Time for a New Plan: Frightening Jobless Numbers Show Flaws in GOP Austerity Agenda, July 8, 2011
The 10 Scariest GOP Governors: Bringing a Radical Right-Wing Agenda to a State Near You, July 6, 2011
Car-Share: How to Keep Cars Off the Road and Even Break our Destructive Consumption Habits, July 1, 2011
Democrats Backing NJ Gov. Christie's Anti-Worker Law Facing a Challenge from Progressive Group, June
Supreme Court OK With Violent Video Games; Porn Still Illegal (For Minors), June 28, 2011
Shock Doctrine: Emergency Finance Managers and the Right Wing's Power Grab, June 26, 2011
CEO of Wal-mart Makes in One Hour What the Average Employee Makes in a Year: How Skyrocketing Inequality is Hurting America, June 20, 2011
Obama Hits Up Wall Street Fat Cats for Reelection Funds, But What About Jobs?, June 13, 2011
The Bush Tax Cuts Turn 10: Let's Look at the Damage They've Caused, June 7,2011
Is X-Men: First Class The Love Story of Professor X and Magneto?, June 6, 2011
Is Your Mobile Phone Transmitting Your Private Information to Corporations?, June 3, 2011
Congress' Culture of Wealth: How Insider Information Enriches Members of the House, June 2, 2011
The Next Bubble is About to Burst: College Grads Face Dwindling Jobs and Mounting Loans, June 1, 2011
Braaaains: How Pop Culture's Hunger for Zombies Reflects the Tea Party Nation, March 4, 2011
A Group of Workers Corporate America Claimed Were Impossible to Organize Win Key Union Votes, January 10, 2011
Lady Gaga: Pop Star for a Country and an Empire in Decline, July 26, 2010