Top Stories
Stories in The Swamp that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
There Have NOT Been 22 School Shootings This Year. Top Story - May 2018.
First, and most importantly, skewing statistics to suit an argument only discredits the argument that would have been just as important and shocking otherwise. The number presented below is by no means good or comforting, but having real statistics is important so that people supporting change are not misled, and so that when facing an argument, there are no falsified or incorrect facts that could be a liability.
By Sedona Schuehle8 years ago in The Swamp
America's Colonialist Relationship with Puerto Rico. Top Story - May 2018.
Politicians are in league with corporations hellbent on destroying an entire American territory. High unemployment, high poverty, austerity measures, natural disaster, and an unwieldy amount of debt: it sounds like something an evil cabal would admit to in an 80s action movie right before the team of Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone blow the whole place up. But year after year, such justice doesn't come. And, unfortunately, too few Americans care because that territory is Puerto Rico.
By Ben Kharakh8 years ago in The Swamp
Love in the Time of POTUS 45 . Top Story - April 2018.
I’m drinking champagne alone in the Broadway Bar on the night of the Women’s March on Washington. I just left the Orpheum, where the Literary Death Match poets and readers declared hopes for daughters and tribute to mothers—and you could feel as much in the audience as on the streets of Downtown LA tonight that we’re all still flying high, giddy with celebration even though we know there’s a long four years ahead. But we’re not ready to let hope fade yet—people are still carrying their signs, and they’re wearing their homemade pussy hats, and I still haven’t changed my clothes.
By Jaz Persing9 years ago in The Swamp
Top 10 TED Talks on Donald Trump. Top Story - April 2018.
Ever since he announced his run for president, Donald Trump has been surrounded by controversy and the media. It seems that every time he says or does anything, it's all that's talked about until he decides to do it again, and then the cycle repeats. His antics have generated intense loyalty from some, while he's become so outlandish to others that some citizens have theorized that Trump may be Donald Duck. There have obviously been other theories and perspectives on the current president from a variety of different people.
By Jesse Kinney9 years ago in The Swamp
How Philip May's Company Benefits From the Syria Strikes: Lockheed Martin, the JASSM, and the Capital Group. Top Story - April 2018.
Philip May married the future 81st Prime Minister of the UK, then Theresa Brasier, on September 6th, 1980, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Wheatley, Oxfordshire. They had been introduced to each other by the late Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, during a Conservative Party student disco at Oxford University.
By Johnny Vedmore9 years ago in The Swamp
Opioid Abuse. Top Story - March 2018.
That there is an opioid epidemic is indisputable. I remember as an anesthesia technician a member of the nursing staff had been dismissed because she was caught in an operating room with her hands in a used needle bin, trying to steal syringes with left over fentanyl.
By Jerame Lang9 years ago in The Swamp
Stop Confusing Gun Reform/Control with Losing Your Second Amendment Rights. Top Story - March 2018.
Gun reform/ control can be defined as: “the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.”
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa9 years ago in The Swamp
I Marched in the National Student Walkout Against Gun Violence. Top Story - March 2018.
This morning, at 10am, I joined high school students across the nation in a walkout in solidarity with students from the Parkland shooting, and a call to congress for stricter gun laws.
By Rachel Brown9 years ago in The Swamp
5 Movies Featuring the Most Virtuous U.S. Presidents. Top Story - March 2018.
In 2018, the frantic pace of political news cycles can make every week feel like a year. It can be difficult to keep an optimistic view of our national governing institutions, which ought always to be full of civil servants who put the good of the citizenry above their own.
By Christopher Royce9 years ago in The Swamp
What Do We Want? Livable Wages! When Do We Want ’Em? In Our Lifetime!. Top Story - February 2018.
As more and more provinces, states, and municipalities set out to increase the minimum wage to $15/hr, there is growing concern over increases in minimum wages resulting in fewer jobs and increased prices of goods and services.
By Zacc Lavigne9 years ago in The Swamp
The Trump Phenomenon. Top Story - February 2018.
It has been a fascinating case study for a political science major like me. I have been involved in politics at all levels all since high school. The first campaign I worked on was Ronald Reagan's presidential run in 1980. As a high school senior I had the opportunity to see how presidential politics and local politicians blend together to build a winning team. Needless to say, the current occupant of the White House has stymied me.
By Dan McGinnis9 years ago in The Swamp
