As a testament to the growing influence of the Occupied movement, on November 18, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), a member of the House Judiciary
Author: Madonna Gauding
Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.
Occupy Wall Street redefines the American dream
Thus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and
Assange and Wikileaks challenge government and corporate secrecy
On November 2, Julian Assange, the director of Wikileaks, lost his appeal in the British courts to avoid extradition to Sweden where prosecutors want
U.S. at bottom of heap in social justice rankings
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. All
A dangerous economic cocktail: high unemployment, population growth, falling incomes
High unemployment, a growing population, and falling incomes are scaring me—and a lot of other Americans. So far, the only sane and hopeful response
Occupy Wall Street: a moral challenge to conservative values
On Saturday, October 15, I attended the Occupy St. Louis protest, one of the many demonstrations around the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall
Pressure from the left could help Obama win reelection
Tax increases on the rich are not going pass. Period. Obama is doing this so he can look like a liberal, because he knows
Occupy Wall Street
On Saturday, September 17, an estimated 2,000 activists gathered in One Liberty Plaza in New York City’s financial district to protest the “greed and
Alberta Tar Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline: Game over for climate change
The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline extension would transport crude oil from the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada to refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma,
What Obama can learn from FDR
In 1934, President Roosevelt traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to support working families who were struggling against the equivalent of today’s Koch brothers. By