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.
Student Loan Forgiveness?
Have you been to your local colleges lately? I recommend you take a visit even if you don't have young ones planning to go there. Even if you are young and you're not planning to go there. Just go look around and tell everyone what you really saw there. Did you see happy college students with their noses in books or engaged in great sport activities? Or did you see abandoned halls and dorms and classrooms that could house plenty of homeless people? You go look and I'll wait for you to tell me. I know what I saw with my own eyes.
By Shanon Marie Clare Angermeyer Normanabout a year ago in The Swamp
Anti-Blackness on The Left
Nearly 40 years ago, a study found that half of all racists were left-wing. In other words, being liberal, progressive or a leftist does not make you any less likely to have racist thoughts and feelings or engage in racist behaviors. As disconcerting as these findings may be to some, they are consistent with decades of commentary regarding the behavior of liberals by civil rights leaders and intellectuals (e.g., Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, bell hooks, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Robin DiAngelo). Moreover, there are an abundance of contemporary examples which support the studyβs conclusions, including my own experiences.
By Clare Xanthosabout a year ago in The Swamp
Fight Less, Love More : 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In
Every relationship has its fair share of disagreements and conflicts. However, when these conflicts escalate into fights, they can cause significant damage to the relationship. In this book, "Fight Less, Love More: 5 Minute Conversations to Change Your Relationship without Blowing Up or Giving In," we will explore practical ways to reduce conflict and improve communication in our relationships. We will examine the common patterns that lead to fights, and how to shift these patterns to create a more loving and harmonious relationship.
By Rajveer Digital Marketerabout a year ago in The Swamp
CONTEMPT OF COP
CONTEMPT OF COP: WHY COPS KILL Victor 297 Retired Montgomery County, Maryland police captain Sonia Pruitt wrote in her recent essay published on CNN.com in the wake of the murder of Tyre Nichols by the Memphis Police Department, β Law enforcement has conducted training time and again and revised policy over and over, and yet we still have too many unnecessary deaths at the batons, feet, hands, fists, and guns of police.β Until Memphis, we all thought that the nearly non-stop murder of African-Americans at the hands of police was the heinous and hideous hand of racism holding down innocent black men, and sometimes women, until they died under its weight. But now that tidy interpretation has collapsed under the weight of the expandable batons of five Black Memphis police officers who clearly did not get the message that Black Lives Matter. What the heck is going on with Americaβs police?
By L. Erin Giangiacomoabout a year ago in The Swamp