humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of politicians, legislators, activists, women in politics and the everyday voter.
American rights during Covid-19
It's no secret that the response of the United States to the Covid-19 pandemic was late. Even though information was readily available that pointed clearly to acting quickly in order to slow the spread of the virus, as well as the examples of other countries that had devastating results, our country's government chose to wait until the virus was already at an uncontrollable spread throughout the nation to take any serious measure. While it is sadly not surprising that these are the decisions President Donald Trump has made, what is surprising is some people's lack of humanity now. With all the information provided by scientists and doctors who are recommending we practice social distancing and only go out for necessary reasons, why is it that thousands of Americans are still not listening? Is it possible that the American mindset of holding onto our rights is actually preventing us from showing basic human kindness?
By Madeline Keys6 years ago in The Swamp
'Covid' Ops: Flood the web with blue and red
In order to “save lives” from a “mysterious virus” which only proves fatal to predominantly the most vulnerable in our society, with seriously compromised immune systems, who have faced the same challenges with the flu last year, the year before that... and for many years before... we’ve been imprisoned by the UK government for almost three weeks. Our crime? Beats the hell out of me.
By Steve Harrison6 years ago in The Swamp
Police Brutality: What Fuels Police Militarization and Brutality in Kenya?
The primary duty of the Kenya Police Service is to guard the public against criminal wrongdoers and, when the need arises, restore civil order. Ideally, they should respect the moral dignity of every Kenyan regardless of age, gender, religion, tribe, race, or political affiliation. But that is not always the case. Our law enforcers are characterized by the use of military tactics and equipment, and a culture of inhumanity and intolerance. The danger of this unfortunate trend is that it jeopardizes the legitimacy and trust that Kenyans have towards the law enforcers. But as much as we have a right to demand better policing from our officers, we should also interrogate the role we play as a society, including the policy makers we elect, in making our police so brutal. Here are 5 factors that I feel have fueled police militarization, brutality, and inhumanity in Kenya:
By Robert Gitau6 years ago in The Swamp
Will We Survive Operation COVID-19?
One question that has been going around lately in every city and every household is will we survive the coronavirus epidemic? Are we going to be around for our next birthday the children may ask or will I be around to see my kids graduate some adults are wondering.
By Joella Terry6 years ago in The Swamp
All of you are Racists
Sorry, it's true. We're all a little racist. Racism isn't always the violent, vocal trash we see in the news. It can be low-key and within our own minds. It's normal to have our best interests in mind, but think about people who don't even have a voice. It's easy for us to say that life is pretty good when we're not getting attacked by police officers every day, supervised by employees when we're walking around in stores, or stopped from enjoying an afternoon walk. We often don't think about those people who need our thoughts the most.
By Jessica Fontaine6 years ago in The Swamp
Republicans Abandon Their Values Under Adversity
A few months ago the United States had a bustling economy with a record setting stock market. Today, all the gains from the last three years are gone, and most of the nation is practicing social distancing. Schools, restaurants, and non-essential businesses have closed their doors and we face a global recession.
By Walter Rhein6 years ago in The Swamp
Forced expatriates from India due to economic inequality and with no proper wealth distribution system lead to migration to America
Overseas Indians, officially known as Non-resident Indians (NRI/NRIs) or Persons of Indian Origin (PIO/PIOs), are people of Indian birth, descent or origin who live outside the Republic of India. According to a Ministry of External Affairs report, there are 31 million NRIs and PIOs residing outside India as of December 2018.According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs based on migrants overseas with India as the country of citizenship at birth, in 2019 Indians comprised world's largest migrant diaspora populations in the world with over 17.5 million (6.4% of global migrants or 0.4% of India's population) Indians out of total 272 million migrants worldwide, this excludes the second or more generation PIO living in other nations.
By Abdul Majeed Mohammed6 years ago in The Swamp
Open Letter to Bernie Sanders
Dear Bernie Sanders, I am writing to you in my concerns about our planet. As we all know before this new year started Australia and the Amazon has been dealing with a lot of forest fires. In one area it is due to their climate and how they are located directly underneath our ozone layer, but in another country, fires were made from our own species, humans. Australia's forest fires killed a lot of animals to the point some are either vulnarbale or endangered. These two areas are just the beginning, what about the Arctic?
By Trinity Shadow6 years ago in The Swamp
Can Social Enterprises Empower Urban Refugees?
As intrastate conflicts throughout the world continue to outbreak and fester, a huge humanitarian crisis has emerged on a global scale. In 2018, nearly 69 million people in the world have been forcibly displaced from war, violence or persecution. Of this figure, 40 million people are internally displaced, 25.4 million are refugees and 3.1 million are asylum-seekers.
By row / shell 6 years ago in The Swamp
Coronavirus-What do we really know?
Little has changed since the plague when it comes to containment of a virus or epidemic. Test, quarantine, burn, public hysteria that correlates to violence and less than human acts and burn it, burn everything. The world has not seen an epidemic so widely scattered with such a high population effected for quite some time. It is easy to instill fear and with social media, information is fed in waves crashing in both the factual and fiction shores. So much information, that it took me an entire day to wade through just a glimpse of what is out there in order to form some kind of opinion. The information highway allow so much traffic, that it is easy to take a wrong turn and get lost.
By Musing Around6 years ago in The Swamp
What is Owed
I yearn to see a world enshrined in equality and peace for all. The energy builds inside me just with the dreams and hopes of what the world could one day be, of what it should be now. My heart breaks for those who may never see it become reality, but still I fight and I rejoice for those who will reap the benefits of our works now, and work we must for this cannot be or reality and we cannot allow the world to continue on this treacherous path to destruction.
By AllAroundTheWorld6 years ago in The Swamp
