American Politics

This multimedia deals with the issue of growing economic inequality in the US. There are three parts to it. The first link shows that what we believe our economic reality to be is far from accurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

 This second link provides some important information about just how many of us are actually donating to political campaigns.

http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/donordemographics.php (Links to an external site.)

The third link deals with who makes the laws governing this country, and why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig

 In one, single-spaced page, summarize what you've learned and draw some conclusions about what your insights might mean for democracy.