politics
Political figures, histories, and current events in the whole scope of modern and past politics. Work place politics.
Being young, successful, and oppressed by the notion of blackness
If you are a person offended by the notion of blackness, one way to please a person oppressed by the notion of whiteness is to make them money. Leaving home at seventeen, I realised the values of hard work which my parents instilled in me and began to showcase this in my attitude towards life. If you think about it, it makes sense. In an age where cultural appropriation is rife in the media, it has become easier to spot the two things companies hold closest in their hearts. Money is one of them – but, of course, this goes without saying. The other is how the public views them. So, picture this: you have an employee who not only works hard (the result of which is ultimately you bringing home more bacon), but is also black? Killing two birds with one stone has never been easier. However, upon closer inspection, many companies have realised that improving the latter increases the former, and companies who are aware of this aren't shy to use this layer of advertising unashamedly.
By Jeremiah Johnson6 years ago in Journal
Constitution in the Workplace
We all have different jobs of all trades. Everything from the bit fat cat CEO's on Wall Street to the guys who twirl signs for a local mattress store. They are all equally important, and why do you ask? Because they provide us with a paycheck. We break our backs, don't spend time with our families, dedicate a third of our lives just for our jobs. So shouldn't we get the respect we deserve? Sadly it usually doesn't turn out that way. We want that paycheck so bad that we would follow their rules, put our values aside, and loose our rights.
By Shawna Williamson 6 years ago in Journal
An Environment in Crisis, What is to Blame?
Energy corporations! The devil in the form of an industry, as the current green revolution would have you believe. An industry that has single handedly corrupted our natural landscape, polluted our air, and is out to kill us all!
By Ellen Dodd6 years ago in Journal
Healthcare Workers Asked to Work Without Pay:
The first time Dylan and I spoke in person, we were face to face but separated by thousands of miles. We had met two days prior to this when I received my first communication from her. Three weeks ago, after an essay I wrote was published detailing the truth of America’s broken healthcare system, I began receiving hundreds of emails from other healthcare workers all across the country recounting horror stories of maltreatment at the hands of the healthcare system. Dylan’s email was among them.
By Dr. Megan Babb6 years ago in Journal
5 Steps Health Insurance CEOs Must Take to Help with COVID-19
Imagine a country where you can not see a doctor. Who will refill your blood pressure prescription, see your sick child, mend your broken arm, deliver your baby, or run the ventilator if you fall victim to Coronavirus? The COVID-19 pandemic created a cash-flow crisis causing mass physician layoffs and closure of medical practices. A world without doctors puts us all at risk. The pandemic is the invisible enemy, and the CEOs of large insurance companies have the tools to help doctors stay in the fight.
By Jeff Livingston6 years ago in Journal
Medium is Controlling its Coronavirus Narrative
Just like we have Twitter, Facebook, Quora, Stack Exchange, and so on, I'm hoping that the writing community will have a number of platforms on which to write, including Vocal, publish0x, and Medium. I had a lot of hope for Medium in particular, and found it before Vocal. However, more and more I am finding their practices revolting, and perhaps nowhere are their nepotistic and destructive practices more obvious than with their treatment of the coronavirus scare.
By Daniel Goldman6 years ago in Journal
Why Australia needs better Government
Australia is burning and who’s fault is it, our government! The greens refused to back burn Scott morison our Prime Minister is in Hawaii and gives money to NASA for Mars but when our country is burning and dying and our koalas and becoming extincted and men and women are leaving there loved ones to fight our fighters in the holiday season he says they want to be out there so they won’t be paid news flash Scott no they don’t it’s the new year the holidays they want to be with there families not cleaning up after your mistake pay them for helping and not running away to Australia
By Krystal Hilda6 years ago in Journal
In the Court of Public Opinion
Ibanga Isine, and I first crossed each other's paths while I volunteered for a United Nations Association. The task of email travelling before I secured a meeting with the multi-award-winning journalist and human rights activist became insignificant detail during our first conversation. We talked about the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping that dominated the international media at the time and the state of politics in Nigeria, amongst other things. Through our talks, I quickly understood the responsibility to tell a true and right story and the irresponsibility of reckless words.
By Bridgett Leslie6 years ago in Journal
10 Employment Laws Every Person Needs to Know
Back when I was 26, I worked for a person who was a total pig. He made a point of telling me that I would not be able to get a raise unless I lost weight... for an office job. He would regularly berate women for being not "hot enough" and make seriously derogatory remarks towards anyone who was female. To him, women and non-binary individuals like myself weren't people; they were accessories that propped up his fragile ego.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Journal
The Working Poor
It is almost like we have forgotten what it is like to ask for basic rights. When I say this, I think of the push back I am receiving for standing up to my employer about some definitively dodgy and perhaps even borderline illegal behaviors. The push back comes in many forms. Other co-workers worried about their paychecks. Various people who insist it is better to just "find another job" and not stand up for what is right.
By Kelly Galvez7 years ago in Journal
