Reality

"Why haven’t the bankers been prosecuted ? The simple answer is that going after them would expose the politicians who defended them."

When wealth is too much concentrated in the hands of people who don’t need to spend it, it stops circulating.

Petition to reenact Glass–Steagall has 1 days to get 4,500 signatures.

TIL future President Lyndon Johnson won a 1948 primary election for U.S. Senate due to 202 disputed ballots that were mysteriously cast in alphabetical order.

The $1 Trillion Student Loan Rip-Off: How an Entire Generation Was Tricked into Taking on Crushing Debt That Just Enriches Banks | | AlterNet

50% of US workers earned less than $26,364 last year, reflecting a growing income gap between rich and poor

Why Are Police Attacking Peaceful Protesters? How OWS Has Exposed the Militarization of US Law Enforcement

US vet confronts the NYPD who thinks the American citizens are in a war zone. He speaks truth to power. He spent 14 months fighting for freedom and democracy only to come home to these cowards who have no honor...

"Your here to protect us, why are you hurting US citizens?" He fought for this country only to come home to this, and he is mad and fired up. A real man talking to boys. Prophets speak truth to power.