humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of politicians, legislators, activists, women in politics and the everyday voter.
The Struggle of Black People
👋🏾 There, its EDB, thats Erik DeSean Barrett for long. Here for another moment of Thought. It is no secret, since the signing of the emancipation proclamation, that black and brown family are struggling in these states united. They face a plethora of issues many of which has gone unnoticed, and to some degree has been intensified by those who find it profitable to hold certain communities down.
By Erik DeSean Barrett5 years ago in The Swamp
Re opening schools?
A recent briefing from the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, New America, and Brown University School of Public Health, draws attention from a growing body of evidence to recommend that K-12 schools should remain open in a pandemic, even under high infection rates.
By Viona Aminda5 years ago in The Swamp
Forever an Acre of America by the River Thames
THE EVENTS OF 22nd November 1963 have been forensically analysed. Acres of paper and gallons of ink have been consumed in the quest for the truth. Yet, 57 years later there is no substantial evidence that could be brought into the courtroom of history and bring this American tragedy to a close.
By Alan Russell5 years ago in The Swamp
A Long Days Journey Into Despair
In a world filled with uncertainty millions are in a state of frustration and bewilderment. For Harry James he is just one of the millions facing a very uncertain future. He has come to realize that the world has changed many times since he was young. The joys of summers long ago when the cool of the night revived us from the warm summer sun has now turned hot and oppressive. Memories of those days of yesteryear evoke a passion to regain some semblance of the times when fond memories were made. And, yet it seems impossible now with the way things are.
By Dr. Williams5 years ago in The Swamp
Relief
I was never interested in politics. I trusted the process. I didn't go in for the Us vs. Them mentality of party lines. As I was growing up in small town America, I trusted that whoever was elected President would be determined to do what was right for the country.
By Paula Shablo5 years ago in The Swamp
President Trump
Tony had his own ideas. His own ideology. His ideas were real. Not far from reality. Just a little bit skewed. He was not a bad guy and he was certainly not a good guy. He cradled the center until he fell from grace. Grace was bestowed upon him by a collective community of members who deemed him as responsible until they deemed him as irresponsible. It was not all his fault but certainly his responsibility to curtail. It was a long time ago when we lived at 900 N. Lake Shore drive in Chicago. Until we fell from grace. It is nearly impossible to return from the small indiscretion as compared to those of so many leaders to follow.
By Andrea Sturm5 years ago in The Swamp
We The People
Dear Donald, On the eve of the final day of your presidency, I ponder to myself what the last four years of your authority have represented. I sit back and think of all the images of angry white people waving confederate flags and screaming racial slurs. I remember the sting of anger as the verdicts passed "not guilty" on multiple officers over the deaths of innocent black civilians. I hear the cries of those who have lost loved ones to a virus that could have been contained. I still stand in disbelief as multiple "Americans" turn their backs on their country. I see the West Coast burning while Antarctica turns green. Billionaires become trillionaires, while homeless people die on the street.
By Michael Crone5 years ago in The Swamp
