On Thursday, seven armed and violent right wing extremists were acquitted after being charged with seizing a government building and occupying it for weeks while promising to kill anyone that tried to remove them. A lot of people are outraged at this display of white privilege ...read more

Image by emilydickinsonridesabmx via Flickr Matt Taibbi on why the 'Occupy Wall St' movement should transcend traditional political labels: This is an issue for the traditional "left" because it's a classic instance of overweening corporate power -- but it's an issue for the ...read more

Matt Taibbi speaks to Don Imus about the problems the 'Occupy Wall St' movement is having articulating their cause and makes some suggestions as to what could be realistically achieved. Taibbi also discusses the possibility that not having a set of objectives might actually be a ...read more

Andrew Sullivan provides the conservative rationale for backing the 'Occupy Wall St' movement that looks like it is here to stay: I've arrived at the conclusion these past few years that the kind of fantastic income and wealth inequalities in this country (and the trends that ...read more