10 Years Later: What was the impact of Occupy Wall Street?
While the movement had a political impact, the gap between the top and bottom income earners is still vast.BIAS COVERAGE DISTRIBUTION
It's been 10 years since Occupy Wall Street — What's changed?
The movement's lofty goals of creating a more equitable economy have gone unfulfilled, but the politics of "the 99 percent" have gained traction over the past decade.
Occupy Wall Street set the tone: A decade later, how protests against inequality made the GOP worse
Occupy Wall Street — which started 10 years ago on Friday — has long been understood as a historical novelty, a movement that swiftly rose to national prominence and almost as swiftly sunk below the waves, destroyed by the in-fighting and mission drift that unfortunately tends to plague leftist movements. But, a decade out, it's clearer than ever that the movement had an impact far beyond its own existence.Inspired by the Arab Spring a year befo…
A decade on, Occupy Wall Street’s legacy on income inequality
Supporters say AOC is a ‘direct descendant’ of Occupy, while critics say movement failed to redress income inequality.
Protesters tried to hold Wall Street accountable by taking over Lower Manhattan for 60 days. But 10 years later, the rich are richer than ever. What went wrong?
A decade after the Occupy Wall Street movement started, its organizers reflect on the movement — and why the gap between rich and poor hasn't changed.
The Real Story of Occupy Wall Street Is What's Happened Since
At the height of last year’s Black Lives Matter uprising, a recording surfaced of a call President Trump held with state governors. In it, he made a comparison: “This is like Occupy Wall Street.” He urged them to waste no time in repeating the coordinated police assaults that had swept away the Occupy encampments across the country. Until the Occupy crackdown began, he told the governors, “It was a disaster.”Trump’s political career had a kind o…
'Another world is possible': How Occupy Wall Street reshaped politics and kicked off a new era of protest
On the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we examine the legacy of the historic protests with three veterans of the movement: Nelini Stamp, now the director of strategy and partnerships at the Working Families Party; Jillian Johnson, a key organizer in Occupy Durham who now serves on the Durham City Council and is the city's mayor pro tempore; and writer and filmmaker Astra Tayor, an organizer with the Debt Collective. Occupy Wall Street "b…
10 Years Later: What was the impact of Occupy Wall Street?
While the movement had a political impact, the gap between the top and bottom income earners is still vast.
Occupy Wall Street set the tone: A decade later, how protests against inequality made the GOP worse
"We are the 99%!" exposed a reality Americans couldn't unsee, making Democrats better and Republicans somehow worse
Occupy Wall Street Changed Everything
Ten years later, the legacy of Zuccotti Park has never been clearer.
How Occupy Wall Street changed New York politics
On the 10th anniversary of the movement that took hold in Zuccotti Park, the influence of activists demanding economic justice continues to be felt.
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