humanity

Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of politicians, legislators, activists, women in politics and the everyday voter.

So What's Going On Here?
I have been watching the news since the Covid crisis first started in March of 2020, suffered through the lockdowns and restrictions like everybody else, diligently washed my hands, every time I turned around and masked up.
By Maureen Kellar-Kirby4 years ago in The Swamp
What happened to the outrage over Black Friday?
I’ll never forget the Friday after Thanksgiving, 2011. I was vaguely aware of the pseudo-holiday known as Black Friday, but I had seldom participated. On that day, however, I had to go to a local big-box store to get diapers and baby wipes for my then four-week-old daughter, Catherine. As the sun sank in the dreary November sky over Toledo, Ohio, I noticed traffic in this small Midwestern city had slowed to a crawl more than a mile from the mall.
By Ashley Herzog4 years ago in The Swamp
Rittenhouse: Fools Rush In, and That’s OK
I suppose it’s good to know if your underage son or daughter procures a weapon, seeks out trouble in a nearby town, kills two people, and wounds a paramedic, all will be forgiven — self-defense.
By Gary Janosz4 years ago in The Swamp
Tigary: Humanitarian Crisis!
CAUTION! NEWS: Humanitarian crisis present in the state of Tigray, Ethiopian Region! Culture and peoples in threat of geneocide! Since November 4th of 2020, locals have and are still being starved, attacked, raped, and/or murdered by Ethiopian forces, Eritrean forces, and armed Amhara militias, as per orders of their governments. Countless horrific war crimes have been committed beneath the public's eye for over a year now, and not much has been done to stop it.
By Cara Jean Andersen4 years ago in The Swamp
A Line in the Sand
When you are young, it is possible to believe that adults are there for you; that they are aware of what is best for you; that they are doing the right thing. I thought so for a very long time, all through the great disappointment that was my father, his replacement who could not stand even in his shadow as an example worth following, and many other figures in my life who were always lacking in some way. My moment of discovery came in the most innocent manner and I still recall what it was all about.
By Kendall Defoe 4 years ago in The Swamp
What your parents did not know about climate change.
Here, a kid that has born in the 90s. But, I want to talk to all the kids that they have been born from the 90s on. We grew up in a world of disruption. But we did not know that.
By Kevin Fantinatti4 years ago in The Swamp
A Few Things about Potato or Is It Potatoe?
Nobody wants to be called a potato head, not even Vice President Dan Quayle. I remember how relentless the media coverage was when Dan Quayle altered a young boy's spelling of the word potato on national TV.
By Napoleon4 years ago in The Swamp
Thirty Yards
30 Yards (1965) Selma Ala 1965 The hatred outside my world first touched me at the age of eight on a cold March Sunday afternoon. While playing, a ruckus came from Alabama’s Highway 80, the road from Selma to Montgomery. I crossed the street and trespassed the base commander's yard to the perimeter fence that separated me from the world. At eight years old and the third of four boys, I had free rein within the base neighborhood. My fighter pilot dad, the Chief Test Flight Officer, had brought us to Craig Air Force base in Selma, Alabama. The students and instructors broke the jets, maintenance fixed them, and my dad performed the in-flight tests before returning to flight operations. The din from the highway grew louder.
By J. S. Wade4 years ago in The Swamp
Neoliberalism Failed us. Let us at least Salvage The Present, Even if We Do Not Have a Future Worth Living For.
It would be an understatement to say that Neoliberal Capitalism is dying. Right from gross inequalities and inequities of wealth and access to goods and services, to environmental destruction to glaring deficiencies in the way public services as well as the “wealth of the commons” is distributed, neoliberalism as an ideology and as a working model on how to run our societies has failed. Indeed, the only good that has come from this grotesque concept is that the Top 1% have seen their incomes and wealth grow exponentially to the point where the rest are locked in a desperate “race for even to survive”.
By Rammohan Susarla4 years ago in The Swamp
Kindness in the Face of Politics
The past couple of weeks have been tough. Australia has passed 78% fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and expects to reach 80% within the next week. International flights are picking up, with hotel quarentine abolished, people are going back to work, and restrictions on socialising are lessening by the day. Oh, and the unvaccinated are one step closer to being allowed out in public again.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in The Swamp
What I expect from big Bro after he gets elected mayor of DC.
30OCT2021; 1511, SAT How beautifully fitting that this post is being typed up and such on a National Dashiki Day, as well as the fact that it was initiated 3:11 PM; while one of our father's Fav bands is 311? Not for nothing: I see my older bro as a leader who might could help have the whole DMV (DC, MD, VA) area rocking dashikis while jamming out to some of the many African American musicians that 311 was obviously influenced by.
By Nefarious Darrius4 years ago in The Swamp
Actually, That Isn't Police Brutality. Warning: It's Factual.
This article is a response to Medium content creator's Stephen's story on police brutality. Before I get started with my reply, I just want to thank Medium user Ruchama King Feuerman for motivating me to share this. And since I haven't been on Vocal in a while, here I am again!
By The Professuh4 years ago in The Swamp