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  • Nov 15, 2012

    Occupy debt?

    Occupy Wall Street gets into buying and forgiving debt, but is it good for the economy?

  • Occupy returns to Wall Street. On its one year anniversary, a protester and a business leader reflect — together– on how the movement has changed them.

  • New York City policemen line barricades in downtown New York as protestors celebrate the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
    Stacey Vanek Smith/Marketplace

    This morning, activists have returned to Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement began one year ago.

  • It's been a year since the Occupy Wall Street movement, and some traders say they've warmed to the movement's message.

  • As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, a question: What sort of mark did Occupy make on pop culture?

  • An Occupy Wall Street banner is seen in Union Square at the end of a march from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on in New York City.
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    Social movements come and go — will Occupy Wall Street be one that lasts? Or has it already dissipated? Also, listen to letters that Occupiers wrote to financial institutions.

  • A man holds a sign as Occupy Wall Street protesters march near Wall Street on the one-year anniversary of the movement in New York.
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    Letters written during the Occupy Wall Street movement provide insight into what sparked the protests one year ago.

  • One year ago Monday, a group of people gathered in a then-obscure park in lower Manhattan, kicking off what would become the global phenomenon of Occupy Wall Street. So what's happened to all the money?

  • Chicago is getting ready for all the world leaders who will be in town for the big NATO meeting that starts today — and for the busloads of people who will be coming into town to protest. Some will be associated with the Occupy Movement, which is hoping to re-ignite after a quiet winter.

  • Protesters were out in force in several cities yesterday, demanding an end to income inequality. Many of the rallies were allied with the Occupy movement and therefore, there weren't a lot of politicians involved. Even those political leaders who agree with Occupy demonstrators have kept an arms length so far.