politics
Politics does not dictate our collective cultural mindset as much as it simply reflects it; We've got to look in the mirror sometimes, and we've got one.
A Post Pandemic Utopia?
We’re all feeling it. This year, and we’re only half-way through, has been intense and full of upheaval and emotional pressure. We went into lockdown panic buying loo roll. We began to adjust to spending time at home, parenting our own children, understanding the importance of our social groups to our mental health. People who’d never felt hardship before were suddenly faced with a threat to their health and freedom.
By Frankie Richardson6 years ago in The Swamp
The Evolution (Or Lack Thereof) of New York City’s Public Housing System: How The Projects Came To Be
For all of us in New York and around the country, we are living in a time when change is in high demand. But change can not happen without knowledge and reflection. The first step towards enacting change in areas like public housing is by understanding how the problems came to be in the first place.
By Rachel Billings6 years ago in The Swamp
States ask Congress for more power to reform police departments
States feel the Department of Justice has largely abandoned its efforts towards reforming local police departments. In light of recent events and the public's overwhelming response, on June 4th several states formally asked Congress to give them more power under federal law to reform police departments.
By Michael D. Ross6 years ago in The Swamp
Can U.S Presidents Deploy US Troops on American Soil?
George Floyd’s suffocating death at the hands of four Minneapolis Police officers generated so many demonstrations across the United States and many other countries across the world. Some of the protests in the United States turned violent and looting became rampant in many cities at the early stages of the rally. Lately things have settled down to peaceful demonstrations in the US.
By Paul Oranika6 years ago in The Swamp
The American Spring . Top Story - May 2020.
In the spring of 2010 the Middle East reached a tipping point. It was called the Arab spring. A decade later, we are in the midst of the American Spring. We are the country whose fuse is lit and ready to explode. With the stock market making COVID-era highs, the disconnect between reality on the street and the illusion created by printing money, lending at 0% interest rates and outright lies by the federal government, has now seeped into the psyche of the American people. The illusion that 40 million unemployed can be fooled by a check in the mail and bringing back sports is finally being shattered and the glass will cut deep across the political divide.
By Jeremy Frommer6 years ago in The Swamp
UK Moves In To Next Phase Of Easing Lock Down
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced details of the next phase in England where lock down measures would be eased He explained that the five main targets that the government set had been met. These are:
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in The Swamp
Unpopular Opinion: We need to initiate a new Marshall Plan and increase the budget of DFID
When the Americans initiated the European Recovery Programme, in 1948, the US provided over $15 Billion (a staggering $159 Billion in 2019 prices) to help an impoverished and war torn Europe reconstruct its cities and hold communism at bay.
By Tom Guyton-Day6 years ago in The Swamp
Open Immigration.
In 1492 Christofer Columbus “ discovered” what he called “The new world”, in other words Christofer Columbus immigrated to what is now the united states and claimed the land for Spain taking this land from the Native Americans. Nowadays people immigrate to the United States not to take something away from the people that live here but to find a better life, that they can not get in their countries. These people struggle even harder when they are not accepted but discriminated against and humiliated. Open immigration might scare some citizens because they think that immigrant people just come to this country to take and not to give. Agriculture, health care and technology are areas where immigrants have been beneficial.
By Veronica E6 years ago in The Swamp
