controversies
It seems every time one racially-charged incident ends, a gender or religious controversy takes its place; Ruminate on the issues dividing our nation and world.
How a Culture of Drugs Is Killing our Youth
featured image credit to: CC Scott Garfitt/Shutterstock 2.0 Last weekend the world, unfortunately, lost another great young soul in the form of artist Juice WRLD. Reports from TMZ claim that the artist who turned 21 December 2nd, passed away after a seizure in Midway Airport in Chicago.
By Adonis Richards7 years ago in The Swamp
Stairway to Micro-Heaven
When it comes to the "poor and huddled masses" in terms of taxes, education, and healthcare all political candidates just wanna do is slap a bandaid on it. Slappin that bandaid and skiddadle on your way now! Never have I ever heard any of our lovely politicians speak about microfinance and the role it may play in aiding the poor on climbing out of darkness.
By Maria Parsheva7 years ago in The Swamp
Meghan Markle – A Right Royal debate!
The start of this piece isn’t about Princess Michael of Kent, it’s about a piece of her jewellery. She wore a Blackamoor brooch (above) to a lunch a few years ago that Meghan Markle attended. Some will argue, and many did in 2017, that she was being racist by wearing the brooch.
By Ian Peter Loftus7 years ago in The Swamp
War. What is it Good for?
" Now I become Death, destroyer of Worlds." That's a quote by the late Robert Oppenheimer. He was a theoretical physicist who lead the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II. He was nicknamed "the father of the atomic bomb." After he created it, he was later blacklisted for opposing it. He called for international controls on nuclear weapons. Even Oppenheimer knew that nuclear weapons could destroy us all if they were in the wrong hands. Who's to say which hands are right to even have them to begin with?
By Jenna Lynn7 years ago in The Swamp
Poverty as a Political Issue
Poverty as a political issue. Study definition before judging political policy Poverty is a social problem that brings great suffering to so many, but the politics of poverty often get in the way of solutions. The comparisons made in the following essay are from Britain but will probably be applicable in any developed nation which has politicians wishing to make political gains, by voicing claims about poverty.
By Peter Rose7 years ago in The Swamp
Gun Control: Life Shot for My Eyes
The problem with gun control has been discussed for decades. People have given arguments about gun control in the US. Some cases have been about the 2nd amendment, while others argued that owning a gun is essential for self-defense. Furthermore, the problem with gun control in the US is the Saws are not in every street, and the youth involved with gun violence.
By Moses Akeri7 years ago in The Swamp
Demographic Cost and Impetus on Health Care Industry
There are a few factors that are driving change in the home health care industry of late. Typically, it is the aging of the US population that plays the major role in bringing the changes in health care system. According to MedPAC or The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission:
By Multi Trade Construction7 years ago in The Swamp
Book Review: 'The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class' by David Roediger
In the year 2019, race remains an enigma often explored, but never resolved; its concept so intricate, that to thoroughly unpack almost seems outside the realms of realism. Race and racism are often limited to a perspective which analyzes their effects on their victims while ignoring their impact on their perpetrators. David Roediger’s 1991 The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class inspects the effects of racism on those who executed its ideals during the industrial age in America. Roediger offers a heavily dense, and informative synthesis of the cultural, linguistic and psychological ramifications of 19th century American labor. The Wages of Whiteness brims with various multi-layered arguments-- perhaps, the most distinct asserts that whiteness is a forged identity. White Americans living in the “free North,” Roediger implies, used whiteness as a form of agency. The prevailing motif argues that rather than an innate, default form of being, whiteness was intentionally constructed and purposely employed. The instrumentality and evolution of whiteness depicted through the lens of the industrial North reveals the perplexing nature of race, and racism in antebellum America.
By Ivorine Fung7 years ago in The Swamp
The Real Beneficiaries of Student Loan Forgiveness
The enormous student-loan debt in the United States is old news, but it has returned to the consciousness of the American public as a campaign promise. Democratic candidates, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have laid out their plans to save the country’s heavily indebted graduates -- and dropouts.
By Milica Kostic7 years ago in The Swamp
