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.
Russia offers Monetary rewards to Taliban Fighters to Kill US Troops in Afghanistan according to news reports.
More than 2,300 US soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the war with the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden's Al-Qaida Islamic Fundamentalists. The war began about 18 years ago, and now a new report from the New York Times has alleged that the Russian Government of Putin wants to pay Taliban soldiers to go after US Soldiers in Afghanistan. Taliban forces may have ceased on this promise by going after US Soldiers wherever they are found in Kabul and other locations in Afghanistan where they operate.
By Paul Oranika6 years ago in The Swamp
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
