Occupy Wall Street

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A group of protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street plan to elect 876 “delegates” from around the country and hold a national “general assembly” in Philadelphia over the Fourth of July. The 99% Declaration Working Group said in a statement Wednesday delegates would be elected online in early June from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clashed repeatedly with police, leaving more than 400 people arrested...

2011 can be tracked by its dramatic events, beginning with the Tuscon shooting that critically wounded US Rep. Gabby Giffords and continuing all the way up to the death of Muammar Gadhafi in October. Our minds were consumed with thoughts of the earthquake in Japan, the death of Steve Jobs and all the anxiety that came with the Occupy Wall Street prote...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Anti-Wall Street protesters along the West Coast joined an effort Monday to blockade some of the nation’s busiest docks, with the idea that if they cut off the ports, they cut into corporate profits. The protesters are targeting the locations because they believe American ports have become “economic engines for the elite...

New York police removed Occupy Wall Street protesters from their Zucotti Park in an early morning raid this week, and it seems the majority of everybody else couldn’t be happier. According to a telephone survey of 1,170 Americans from Poll Position, 54 percent of Americans agreed with New York’s decision to oust the protesters, who’ve been based in the park for the last two months.

Wyomingites will Occupy Laramie on Saturday, Oct. 22nd, to stand in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Organizers of the protest say the movement will reflect a diversity of need in America that are currently not being met.

The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to generate headlines, so what better time to see what Americans actually think of our esteemed financial institutions? Forty-seven percent of Americans think Wall Street hurts the American economy more than it helps, whereas only 38 percent think the opposite is true.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been causing much debate between the nation's citizens and lawmakers. Over the weekend Cheyenne and Jackson Hole, WY joined in on the Occupy Wall Street Movement.