Lewis Marshall, a Stanford PhD student, Progressive writer, and Occupy activist, gives a personal account of his experience with the Occupy movement, and offers three hidden facts the movement brought to the fore for him.

Progressive writer Lewis Marshall offers four recommendations for improving the quality of our presidential debates.

In researching several of the economic crises of recent years, academic economists had undisclosed, unresolved conflicts of interest. The implication was, economists could have warned us about the risks, but they had an incentive not to look. This prompted several major universities, including Stanford, to review their ethical policies.