humanity
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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
It's Not How We Measure Value, It's What We Call It
“This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.” Barack Obama
By Tree Langdon4 years ago in The Swamp
Income Inequality in India
Income inequality in simple terms means unequal distribution of income and wealth among the citizens of the country. In India it has been there and it has grown over the years to what is now. And in the recent years it has taken a significant upturn. The Gini Index of India (a measure of income distribution of inequality) is 35.7 in 2021 and it was 35.2 in 2011. Currently, the richest 1 percent of India holds more than four times the wealth of 953 million people who make up for the bottom 70 percent of the country’s population. Another astonishing fact is, in the year 2019, the total wealth of all Indian billionaires (63) combined was more than the union budget of the year 2018-19. Currently in 2021 there are 179 billionaires in India. Its astonishing how a country as poor as India has so many wealthy people. In 2000, according to Credit Suisse data the richest 1% owed 36.8% of the country’s wealth and it kept on increasing. In 2016, the richest 1% of India owed over 50% of the country’s wealth. Quite evident that over the years income inequality has kept on increasing. The richest individuals have steadily kept on increasing their share of the pie. The combined individual wealth of India makes it among the 10 richest countries in the world but in reality the majority of the population is relatively poor. Thus showing the extent of inequality of income and wealth. On regular basis, thousands of Indians fail to eat a proper meal three times a day. The Global Hunger Index 2020 ranks India at 94 out of 107 countries. According to recent Global hunger index India ranks lower than Pakistan. Over the years it’s simply the case the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer.
By Shreyan Ghosh4 years ago in The Swamp
Harambe
They are always listening and by "they" I mean them. Try it. Mention anything then open your phone or computer and watch the ads and sponsors flow. I’ve been using it to my advantage when I really need something, but lately it’s been surprising me on how well the algorithm has learned me. I feel special. I recently wrote a story part of the Summer Fiction Series Raging Bull Challenge titled Blossomed. It is about a young man attempting to establish his individuality against his strict parent’s standards. This story mentions The Charging Bull statue of Wall Street in NYC. The algorithm never forgot and must have liked it.
By Christina DeFeo4 years ago in The Swamp
Western Civilization Is The Greatest Fraud The World Has Ever Seen
--- Every generation has its coming of age event. For those who grew up in the 1980s, the smashing of the Berlin wall, will have been one of those moments when a critical mass of people seized the initiative and found the courage to tear down the wall that symbolized the great ideological divide between communist east and the capitalist west.
By Adebayo Adeniran4 years ago in The Swamp
Know What's Frightening? Xenophobia
Xenophobia is a curse on humanity , and probably the whole of the animal kingdom too. Fear of the different , fear of the “not one of us”. These are my own observations on this abhorrent subject , but there are more authoritative links at the end of this piece.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in The Swamp
