The Dangers of Health Staffing Companies
They leave their workers with all the health risk during the pandemic while they collect record profits.
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The Nickelodeon Problem
This article and video at the end address the damage that advertising has on children and the reasons why there is so much advertising targeting children.
Is Socialism the Solution to an Epidemic of White Supremacy?
Creating greater income equality effectively undoes and rebalances many of the economic changes that people like Lee Atwater advocated for.
How to Talk Like a Leftist, Vol. 1
If 2020 hasn’t taught you how to spell bourgeois/bourgeoisie on the first try due to sheer repetition, you should really try it out. You’ll probably discover that it’s a very useful word when describing basically everything wrong with America.
The Problem With How We Talk About the US Debt
We have a big problem with the way the media reports on the national debt. It’s unclear if they don’t understand how federal debt works, if they intentionally write about it in the scariest way possible, or some combination of the two. Let’s start with a passage recently published by NPR: “The pandemic is taking …
Breadth and Taxes
Taxation does not need to be the bitter salve taken with every spoonful of sugar—it is and always has been a way to provide for the general welfare.
Racism linked to cognitive decline in African American women
The article below discusses the issues that black women face that affect their cognitive abilities. Based on the studies cited in the article, conclusions could be drawn that racism actually causes dementia and other cognitive declines. Those that reported the most racism had the most cognitive declines. Lynn Rosenberg, Boston University; Patricia Coogan, Boston …
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King Leopold II of Belgium, Covered Up Genocide, and Monuments
When you think about the worst genocidal dictators in history what names come to mind? Most likely Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedong, to name a few. There is a man as evil as Hitler, but hardly anyone knows his name. That man is King Leopold II of Belgium and he was responsible for a hidden …
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David Walker’s Appeal
Introduction David Walker (1796?-1830), a free black man, parented by a slave father and a freedwoman, was born, and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, although he left there as an adult to travel in various states. He did not leave out of boredom or simple restlessness, but because of disgust. If I remain in this …