Tag: Wall Street
November 18, 2011
November 16, 2011
Interview with a yogic monk arrested at Occupy Wall Street – video
Dada Pranakrsnananda is a monk of Ananda Marga who was arrested on Brooklyn Bridge by the NYPD on 1 October
November 15, 2011
November 8, 2011
Wall Street bonuses set to plunge 20%.
November 8, 2011 by walden9 ShareThis Wall Street bonuses set to plunge 20%. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Occupy this, Wall Street: Corporate bonuses are expected to plunge as much as 30% this year compared to 2010, according to a closely watched report released by Johnson Associates on Tuesday.
October 26, 2011
Occupy Oakland clashes – in pictures
Police have used teargas after scuffles broke out between officers and protesters demonstrating against dozens of arrests at an Occupy Wall Street camp in Oakland, California
October 1, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: the week in pictures
In New York, Occupy Wall Street protesters are demonstrating against the excesses of the US financial system. James Fassinger captures the best images of the past week
June 30, 2011
June 30, 2011
Texas town pulls the plug on police department
Attention gun-toting Texas natives: if you were looking to go a’looting, your time is now! City Council members in Alto, Texas, a town of around 1,200, have voted to abolish the city’s police department for at least six months as the community considers if they will be able to afford the force into 2012. As [...]
June 24, 2011
Jeb Bush: Public School Standards Inadequate
Current public school academic standards are too low, resulting in high-school diplomas that aren’t “worth the paper they are printed on,” former Florida governor Jeb Bush argued in an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal. Bush, along with co-author Joel Klein, former head of the New York City schools, called for the adoption of national [...]
June 11, 2011
June 10, 2011
June 10, 2011
Calif. Voters Rejecting Jerry Brown’s Tax Plan
The Californians that Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown is courting for a referendum on taxes are already telling pollsters they’re iffy about the underlying premise: that promised tax cuts must be abandoned. Among likely voters, support for extending taxes that were previously scheduled to lapse has dropped to 46 percent in May, from 54 percent in [...]
June 8, 2011
June 7, 2011
New York Legislators Plan to Propose ‘Sext Ed’
New York state lawmakers plans to push for legislation that would warn teenagers about the perils of sending intimate photos of themselves from cellphones. The move comes amid politicians’ criticism of laws that can leave teens facing felony child-pornography charges for sending nude pictures. The Cyber Crime Youth Rescue Act, which Democrats plan to sponsor [...]
Occupy Wall Street activists meet to discuss ideas for ‘occupying’ opinion journalism
Members of Occupy Wall Street gather to discuss stories and themes they’d like to see covered in the media, including for the ‘occupation’ of the Guardian’s Comment is free