A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post asking what had become of the Occupy Movement.  It’s diminished, to be sure, but it remains a live force in American society and politics, especially in particular local contexts. This weekend I read a brief post at ThinkProgress on Occupy Our Homes, an outgrowth of the Occupy movement that has [...]

Monday marked the one-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street: for over four weeks, a fluctuating but solid number of protestors have camped out in Zuccotti Square to voice their political frustrations, concerns, and demands.  It has been, in my opinion, a remarkable and beautiful movement.  It’s the first time in a long time that Americans have ceased to be [...]