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Millennial Path to Power. Top Story - October 2017.
For a lazy generation, we Millennials are killing off quite a lot of things. From the diamond industry to local stores to the hotel and taxi businesses, we are constantly destroying parts of our societies and recreating the world as we all know it.
By Amanda Jackson8 years ago in The Swamp
An Open Letter to the Democratic Party
When I was a child, I was at my grandparents' house one weekend and I witnessed my grandmother yell an obscenity at my grandfather. It scared me and I began to cry. As she redirected her energy toward comforting me, I asked her why she was so mad at Pop Pop. She replied, "Pop Pop is a stinky Republican and it just makes Mimi so mad because she is a smart Democrat."
By Angie Still8 years ago in The Swamp
Nuclear Disarmament: Not Just For Hippies Anymore
What comes to mind when someone looks at a peace symbol? I grew up believing that the peace sign was evil, that it was the Wiccan symbol of a broken cross. I was seventeen-years-old before I discovered that the peace symbol was actually "created in 1958 by a British artist as part of the campaign for Nuclear Disarmament” (huffingtonpost.com). Despite my earlier misconceptions of what the peace symbol meant, I grew to understand and agree with what the peace symbol stands for.
By Isabella Banner8 years ago in The Swamp
I AM America’s Subculture & You Can’t Kick Me Out
I was born in the Bronx, New York to a 20-year-old, single mother who had just came to America for the first time, two years prior. My father had been another Dominican man who had come to America along with my mother, making me 100 percent Dominican of first generation Americans ("Dominica-Americana"). Dominican genetic makeup takes up percentages of Sub-Saharan African, Spain, and Indigenous American. Dominicans alone take up 3.3 percent of the Hispanic population, which is only 17.6 percent total. I feel to be able to really speak about your culture, you should be able to know how you appropriately classify. I also identify as a lesbian; LGBT community claiming to be 3.8 percent of all Americans. I, along with 18.2 percent of Americans, suffer from mental illnesses. I prefer to practice holistic forms of medication, compared to traditional. In many ways, I am shaped around Americas subcultures. Compared to the larger American society, I am a minority of great lengths. My highest following is belonging to "female," which still to this day comes second in a two-man race.
By Natalie Mendez8 years ago in The Swamp
A Handmaid's Tale. Told By an Idiot
by FREDERICA VON McTOAST-HYPHEN, Alternate Reality News Service People Writer Bettina-Louise Crokinolemisses was born to chaperone. She wears the uniform of the life-long chaperone: demure daisy print dress, granny glasses that make her look like an owl that stuck its face in bowl of Gatorade powder and hair in a bun so severe that people for miles around feel vaguely guilty even though they have no idea why. On her left shoulder is a tattoo of rose thorns emblazoned with the words, “Oh no you don’t!” And, cats. Many, many cats.
By Ira Nayman8 years ago in The Swamp
Too Bad for Democracy: The Elections of 1912 and 2016
In political history, there are events that change the course of a nation for good or for the worst and these are events both Democrats and Republicans should learn from. The election of 1912 between Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William Taft and Eugene Debs is one that Democrats should have studied and learned from, this election illustrated to the people and our political system a multi-party system works.
By Eve's Politics8 years ago in The Swamp
Taxation with Fraudulent Representation
In 1765, the colonists cited "taxation without representation" as one of the grievances which eventually led to the American revolution. England imposed taxes on the colonists although they had no representatives in Parliament and their best interests were essentially of no matter to the Crown. They called this "tyranny" and rebelled against this form of government because it was unjust.
By Angie Still8 years ago in The Swamp
Swimming In Homophobia: "Anthony Fisher" Episode
When I was younger, I liked going to church. I liked the idea of trusting in something greater, something that watches every step we make, lets us do our mistakes but forgives us if we show redemption. I don't think I ever was a true believer, but there was something that drove me to mass, every Sunday. The priest of my community is what drove me away from it.
By Francesco Masala8 years ago in The Swamp
Keep Criticizing Hillary Clinton
There has never been a politician like Hillary Clinton. Since 1992, she has been First Lady of the United States, Senator from New York, Secretary of State, and the first female major-party Presidential Nominee. Whether you like her or not, denying that she is one of the most well-versed politicians of all-time is an indefensible claim.
By Hunter Farman8 years ago in The Swamp
Carbon Tax for Rural Canadians
Last February the result of a Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) poll on the real value of a carbon tax in Ontario was released. The poll, made by Nanos Research, showed that over 60 percent of the interviewees opposed to paying a carbon tax when given a specific price tag for it. The CTF came up with a number of an approximate monthly cost of $13 for a cap-and-trade program that covers car fuel and home heating. For Ontario residents, it seems that the willingness to pay an extra tax contradicts previous poll results that revealed that the majority were in favor with the climate regulations of the government, regulation that included CO2 pricing.
By Santiago Perez8 years ago in The Swamp
Of Politics and Feeling
There were a lot of reasons why I hurt when first coming to the U.K. for my graduate schooling. Beyond issues of relationships and family, I had purposefully distanced myself from the world and its politics. I no longer had the youthful drive and stamina to stand up for issues I felt strongly about and "fight the good fight." In an effort to assuage my strong feelings, I tried to convince myself that people couldn't be as bad as I had made them out to be when I was young. Everyone thinks that they're right, and thus issues are difficult to solve if no one wants to budge. In my mind and, until the U.S. election, in my heart, I kept that as a truth. I let go of a lot of issues and tried not to get worked up over the news. It helped. The things that used to tear me apart no longer did. I no longer hated the people I used to hate, and I tried my best not to fault them for the decisions they felt were in their best interest.
By Yumi Yamamoto8 years ago in The Swamp
