the decline of american democracy in one graph
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this one terrifying graph should make americans question whether they really live in a democracy after allfor more on the study by political scientists martin gilens and benjamin paige that the graph comes from see our article here: http:wwwvoxcom20144185624310martin-gilens-testing-theories-of-american-politics-explainedsubscribe to our channel http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=voxdotcom voxcom is news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what039s really driving the events in the headlines check out http:wwwvoxcom to get up to speed on everything from kurdistan to the kim kardashian app check out our full video catalog: youtubecomvoxdotcomvideosfollow vox on twitter: https:twittercomvoxdotcomor on facebook: https:wwwfacebookcomvox

tear gas used on occupy protesters in oakland
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police in riot gear have clashed with more than 1000 protesters attempting to march on to oakland039s city hall to condemn arrests made at an quotoccupy wall streetquot campwitnesses say the police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds away from a plaza in oakland039s business districtmeanwhile an iraq war veteran is in a critical condition as he was hit on the head with a projectile fired by the policeal jazeera039s kimberly halkett reports

what the 99 percent are fighting for: three reasons there are two americas
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the 99 percent movement is spreading and their gripes are legitimate how did we get to a place where the richest 1 percent of americans control 40 percent of the country039s wealth own 50 percent of us-owned stocks and bonds and earn 24 percent of total income where the middle class is shrinking to the point that the share of income going to the middle 60 percent of americans fell five percentage points in the last 30 years and where many millionaires pay less in taxes than their employees in this video the center for american progress identifies three factors that contributed to the creation of two americas one for the top 1 and one for the rest of us

what if the odds of getting your child a good education was ticketed off to them in a lottery current
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four children enter a high-stakes lottery if they win they can attend one of the best schools in new york a look at the crisis in public education the

america039s one percent will make more than all of us combined
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next year 2021 will be the first year in the history of the united states where the top 1 of americans earn more than the rest of the 99 im not talking about the upper class of americans earning more only the top 1 they earn more than the poor and middle class combined if left unchecked this extreme imbalance of power will lead to world warltbrgtltbrgtread the whole article at: http:alderinwritescomthe-top-1-earn-more-than-the-rest-of-us-combined-blame-corporate-pirates

shootings and ladders from will nicholson videos
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finally a board game about racial inequalities in america that the whole family can enjoy

the cure for being a woman from funny or die rob hatch-miller paul yee funny or die
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are you suffering from chronic womanhood is the body shaming and overwhelming sense of danger just too much the cure is simple cost effective and will make you feel like a new man

01-12-12 6 - incoming with lizz winstead - countdown with keith olbermann
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01-12-12 6 - incoming with lizz winstead - countdown with keith olbermann

01-13-12 6 - help from above with jamie kilstein - countdown with keith olbermann
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01-13-12 6 - help from above with jamie kilstein - countdown with keith olbermann

iraqi women039s basketball team - riseabove
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traveling the world finding the best global sports stories about amateur athletes that039s what the new rise above documentary series by jordan brand does in the first installment the filmmakers travel to iraq to meet 20-year-old leylan who stars on an all-female basketball team at the american university of iraq sulaimani the significance because of the long history of gender inequality in leylan039s home country men interviewed on camera say the believe a woman039s role is in the home yet in spite of the cultural divide leylan and her teammates are pursuing a passion learning empowerment and camaraderie as they go they show that in the end they are trying to rise above

recession brings widest income inequality gap ever
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read the transcript: http:topbsorgdu6yydthe us now has the greatest disparity between the rich and the poor within western industrialized countries new census data show timothy noah of slate magazine and howard university professor roderick harrison looks at the growing income gap in america

how the 1 exploits america: rob walton walmart
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want to see who039s using their wealth to exploit the 99 this series of 1-minute videos reveals the methods of the worst of the 1

fault lines - the top 1
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the richest 1 of us americans earn nearly a quarter of the country039s income and control an astonishing 40 of its wealth inequality in the us is more extreme than it039s been in almost a century and the gap between the super rich and the poor and middle class people has widened drastically over the last 30 yearsmeanwhile in washington a bitter partisan debate over how to cut deficit spending and reduce the us039 143 trillion dollar debt is underway as low and middle class wages stagnate and unemployment remains above 9 republicans and democrats are tussling over whether to slash funding for the medical and retirement programs that are the backbone of the us039s social safety net and whether to raise taxes or to cut them furtherthe budget debate and the economy are the battleground on which the 2012 presidential election race will be fought and the united states has never seemed so divided both politically and economicallyhow did the gap grow so wide and so quickly and how are the convictions campaign contributions and charitable donations of the top 1 impacting the other 99 of americans fault lines investigates the gap between the rich and the restthis episode of fault lines first aired on al jazeera english on august 2 2011 at 0930 gmthttp:englishaljazeeranetprogrammesfaultlinesfollow us on twitter: http:twittercomajfaultlinesfollow us on facebook: http:facebookcomajfaultlinesfollow us on tumblr: http:ajfaultlinestumblrcomsee all episodes of fault lines: http:wwwyoutubecomshowfaultlinesmeet the fault lines staff: http:wwwyoutubecomplaylistp=pl2a3a165068a8a650

wall street protests spread channeling anger at corporate political forces
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protesters in the occupy wall street movement are maintaining a growing campaign against corporate and political forces that they say are fueling economic inequality in america judy woodruff examines who039s involved in the protests and what they039re seeking with wnyc radio039s arun venugopal and dnainfocom039s julie shapiro

how the 1 exploits america: rupert murdoch news corp
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want to see who039s using their wealth to exploit the 99 this series of 1-minute videos reveals the methods of the worst of the 1