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Police evict Occupy Oakland

October 25, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

In a massive pre-dawn raid Oct. 25, Oakland and other area police evicted hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters from their two-week-old encampment in front of City Hall and a smaller camp in a nearby park.

Occupy Wall Street fuels growing bank divestment movement

October 25, 2011 By Joe Sims

A new movement is emerging to divest from bank responsible for the housing mortgage crisis and the global capitalist meltdown.

Teachers cautious on education law rewrite

October 25, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's two teachers unions are taking a cautious, wait-and-see attitude towards a draft rewrite of the nation's basic federal education law.

Study: Public employee pensions a bargain

October 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Public employee pension plans are actually far more cost effective than defined contribution, the 401k-style plans fashionable in the private sector.

Occupy Detroit: End foreclosures now!

October 25, 2011 By John Rummel

Detroiter's get it. They know banks received a $700 billion, taxpayer supported bailout but defiantly continue to force people out of their homes.