O’Neil saw firsthand how really really bad math could lead to financial disaster. Disillusioned, O’Neil became a data scientist and eventually joined Occupy Wall Street’s Alternative Banking Group. With her popular blog mathbabe.org, O’ Neil emerged as an investigative journalist. Her acclaimed book Weapons of Math De

ainstream communities, living in tent cities with Occupy Wall Street protesters and tracking down drug dealers on <a h

ksim Gezi Park, the Maidan protests in Ukraine and the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, all in 2013 or 2014. In America the main instances have been Occupy Wall Street in 2011 and more recently Black Lives Matter, a campaign drawing attention to violence against African-Americans. In Europe, Spain's Indignados, an

osed on for being two weeks late on a mortgage payment after her younger brother was murdered.2 But the biggest protests are on Wall Street itself. "Occupy Wall Street," which began with a brave group of young people, has swelled to thousands of students, unemployed folks, union members, and others who have perseve

them has seemed to grow back home — fueling discontent. The gloomy Davos sessions were a recognition that 2011 was the year of the protester — from Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party to the Arab Spring to riots in London and Greece. So how does it work, this cycle of simultaneous globalization and disconnect?

erves some of the credit for EFTA_R1_00234082 EFTA01845136 that, but it has a lot more to do with the unrelenting tough times and the efforts of Occupy Wall Street and other protests. What Americans want now is strong political leadership. Ankle 3. Wall Street Journal The State of His Policies Editorial Ja

ith the police for fun." Glenn Beck warned that they "will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you." Andrew Breitbart declared that Occupy Wall Street is "a group of public masturbating violent freaks." Rush Limbaugh labeled them "dumbed down" and "propagandized" and asked a rhetorical ques

ith the police for fun." Glenn Beck warned that they "will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you." Andrew Breitbart declared that Occupy Wall Street is "a group of public masturbating violent freaks." Rush Limbaugh labeled them "dumbed down" and "propagandized" and asked a rhetorical ques

Glenn Beck warned that they “will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015340 Andrew Breitbart declared that Occupy Wall Street is “a group of public masturbating violent freaks.” And Rush Limbaugh labeled them “dumbed down” and “propagandized” and asked a rhetorical question

mpletely ethereal techniques: Text messages, video postings, chat rooms. Similar movements appear around in the world. In Iran, in Italy, in Russia. “Occupy Wall Street”, blossoms in New York City, a protest against wealth inequality and finance. It becomes a self-franchising social movement, appearing in hundreds of