How grass-roots organizing and economic angst is making the "S" word a political winner.

Immediately after the Occupy Wall Street protests began, candidates and elected officials started echoing its themes on our growing inequality.

The mayor's proposal is complicated, and those hoping for a strong law are worried it will fall apart once corporate interests have their say.

Kshama Sawant is shaking up the city's political establishment -- and making all the right enemies in her campaign for a living wage.