So Where's That Occupy Wall Street Comeback? [Occupy Wall Street]

There were no drums when I visited Occupy Wall Street's small protest on the steps of Federal Hall on Wall Street Monday. It was in keeping with the current tenor of the movement, which seems dangerously quiet for what is supposed to be a massive spring resurgence.

It's less than two weeks until Occupy Wall Street's big May Day General Strike, and things have not taken off for protesters since we last checked in on them. More ink has been spilled in the past month on Lena Dunham's sex life than the great populist movement of our time.

Occupy Wall Street is currently staging small sleepovers down on Wall Street itself. Sympathizers frame this as Occupy's triumphant return to its roots, but chances are you completely missed the start of these so-called "sleepful protests" two weekends ago. I almost did - and my job is covering them. A few dozen protesters set up camp on a sidewalk on the corner of Broad and Wall Street, relying on a 2000 court ruling that said sleeping in public as a form of protest was protected by the First Amendment. Protesters chilled on Wall St. until this past Monday morning, when police decided to clear protesters out anyway, arresting four. ...