humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of politicians, legislators, activists, women in politics and the everyday voter.
Living in Two Regimes: Communism vs Capitalism
Sitting in the comfort of my living room, I flipped the remote control and stumbled upon a TV program that stirred my emotions and brought me 30 years back. The show was about a Communistic regime in North Korea, and I felt as though I was watching a video from my childhood: the kids being interviewed were wearing the same uniforms and saying patriotic speeches. I felt like it was me on that screen, being interviewed by an American journalist and representing my country, the Soviet Union.
By Nina Domricheva8 years ago in The Swamp
Knowledge: Is It Really Power?
Political cartoons are in and of themselves meant to comment through imagery and text on contemporary social issues, evoking a strong emotional opinion in the viewer. In one of Nick Anderson’s political cartoons, a small burqa-clad woman kneels on an open book three times as big as her with the word “Knowledge” inscribed on one of its pages. A large man wearing a hijab towers over her with the words “Boko Haram” written on his chest and he is about to crush the woman with a book captioned “Dogma.” The message conveyed by the cartoon is clear: the education of women in countries taken over by the terroristic Nigerian sect Boko Haram is forbidden by the male overlords who enforce Sharia, or Islamic, Law upon the people. To raise awareness in young men and women about how Boko Haram forbids the education of women, the cartoon uses specific design elements that are emotionally, yet logically, inducing.
By Sarah Bryan8 years ago in The Swamp
There Have NOT Been 22 School Shootings This Year. Top Story - May 2018.
First, and most importantly, skewing statistics to suit an argument only discredits the argument that would have been just as important and shocking otherwise. The number presented below is by no means good or comforting, but having real statistics is important so that people supporting change are not misled, and so that when facing an argument, there are no falsified or incorrect facts that could be a liability.
By Sedona Schuehle8 years ago in The Swamp
Humour & Offense
There is a big problem within society these days in which people seem to believe that humour and offensiveness are anything but subjective. If someone is offended by a joke, then they are automatically right in their own eyes. This is just not the case and it is getting to the point where people are getting oversensitive to anything and everything. In this article, I will be talking about my views on humour and offense.
By Mason Palmer8 years ago in The Swamp
Living With the Terror
I can recollect the day like it was simply yesterday. It was one of those plain, exhausting days in Afghanistan. Around then, I didn't know we were holding tight to our lives just by living there as nonnatives, yet as I think back upon our family I now acknowledge we were one of the fortunate ones. Nonnatives couldn't escape the house on account of all the hatred and risks outside yet that didn't mean we had activities inside the house. My siblings and I made up the most irregular approaches to engage ourselves, since where I lived in Afghanistan, there wasn't any web which implied no Facebook.
By Samantha Robinson8 years ago in The Swamp
Oppression Is Not a Trend
I am no longer surprised what the world is doing, especially when it comes to race relations. There seems to be this new epidemic of White folks calling the police for whatever black, brown, or any person of color is doing. I guess because they are so comfortably emboldened by the tangerine tyrant that we have as the president of the United States, the police are now their attack dogs. (Not like this is new, but you get it.)
By Janine Addison8 years ago in The Swamp
Love > Hate
Dr. Martin Luther King jr. the icon went through an immense amount of racism while keeping a nonviolent mind. Yes, we all know, but it is how he managed to push through and be an activist. To have love—that is what many forget to calculate; how Dr. King felt and expressed his passion in helping those around him and even the ones abroad who are just as oppressed as he.
By Isabella S8 years ago in The Swamp
