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Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Jailed in East Texas

Jen Austin — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:47:46 +0000

It wasn’t long ago that actress Daryl Hannah was arrested during a pipeline protest in East Texas, and now Green Party Presidential Candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, has been arrested at a similar event. Stein was arrested Wednesday morning in Wood County for criminal trespassing, according to the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. That’s a misdemeanor offense. [...]

Ousting Occupy Wall Street Protesters From Zuccotti Park Was a Good Thing — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:00:06 +0000

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.

Woman Will Wear Same Dress All Year As 'One Dress Protest'

Jen Austin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:01:41 +0000

OneDressProtest.com Kristy Powell, a therapist and Pilates teacher in New Haven, CT., will wear the same multifunctional black dress for an entire year. The 26-year-old is doing so as a cultural experiment and to protest “the ways that fashion undervalues, denigrates, objectifies and often times insults women.” For purposes of cleanliness, she will actually be [...]