The undervaluing and underfunding of the arts is largely a product of our state-school system that was established around the turn of the century by the financial elite including the Rockefellers, Carnegies, Gates, and Vanderbilts.

Elite banking families

The current American school system took root around the turn of the century. In 1903, John D. Rockefeller founded the General Education Board, which provided major funding for schools across the country and was especially active in promoting the State-controlled public school movement.

Our food system isn

Trace the money behind the Rockefeller Foundation, the pharmaceutical industry, and medical associations to see how a small group of people have come to dominate the health care industry, suppress alternative treatments, and make huge profits.

The vast oil-industry monopolies have controlled our energy infrastructure and suppressed alternatives that have threatened their control.

Most media is owned by large corporations that benefit financially from the promotion of a particular message. This inhibits true journalistic inquiry.