The History of Disabled People
One in seven people on Earth are disabled in some way (that’s one billion people worldwide). In the United States, one in five people are di
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- Apr 13, 2021
A Personal Story: A Divided Family in a Divided America.
Both of my parents were born and raised in conservative and Catholic households in Mexico.
- Apr 6, 2021
At the Heart of Reform: Does Art Speak Social Change?
Art has mobilized crowds and brought people together since the beginning of time.
- Oct 19, 2020
DESENSITIZATION: How Trump and the Republican Party Normalized The Abnormal
The coverage of Trump just goes ON and ON. It's FRIGGING endless. Seriously. It NEVER ends.
- Sep 14, 2020
How the Hong Kong Protests Got To Now (in ten minutes)
Hong Kong's protests have been going on since June 2019. But why is Hong Kong undergoing mass protests while the rest of China is quiet?
- Sep 1, 2020
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON POLITICS.
All humans think the same way, relatively-speaking. We all go to the same brain-shaped toolbox and grab the same basic tools.
- Aug 17, 2020
How to talk to people who won't listen to data, facts, or basic common-sense.
You’re chatting with someone and it starts to get political. The other person has ignored all data, facts, and common sense. What do you do?
- Aug 4, 2020
Why are America's Elections SO dramatic? The Complete Edition
An examination of America's two-party system, its primary elections, the privatization of everything, and a thing called Gerrymandering.
- Aug 3, 2020
Why are America's elections SO darn dramatic? Part 2
An examination of the privatization of our election process and the disaster that is gerrymandering.
- Jul 27, 2020
5 Easy Steps for Identifying Dumb, Stupid, Manipulative News Sources.
Due to popular demand, I've decided to release a video version of our most popular post to date.
- Jul 20, 2020
Why are America's elections SO darn dramatic? Part 1
An examination of America's two-party system, its primaries, and the potential for ranked-choice voting.
- Jul 13, 2020
What Happens When a Totalitarian Leader Dies?
In April, rumors of Kim Jong-Un’s death proliferated quickly through social media, directing attention (yet again) to North Korea.
- Jul 6, 2020
5 Easy Steps for Identifying Dumb, Stupid, No-Good News Sources
These five steps are useful no matter where your political or personal values lie. Either way, you want trustworthy sources, right?
- Jun 29, 2020
Does the United States REALLY Need a Space Force?
An examination of the past, present, and future of United States' space travel.
- Jun 22, 2020
A White Girl's White Privilege: An Open Letter to White America
From a young age we are all given the illusion that we have complete control of our lives and the choices we make.
- Jun 1, 2020
The issue with bias.
The Bias Issue is the concept that bias is not an ultimate truth. It is a relative truth, and the truth changes based many factors.
- May 28, 2020
The issue with skepticism.
Most of us have been taught to be skeptical of information. To question everything. And I agree with this, for the most part.
- May 1, 2020
How The American News Industry Got To Now: The Complete Edition
The modern American news industry has a lot of issues. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. And it's something we can all agree on.
- Apr 28, 2020
How The American News Industry Got To Now: Part 2
Today we’ll be looking at the entertainment side of the Political-Entertainment Loop which began with the production of the television.
- Apr 27, 2020
How The American News Industry Got To Now: Part 1
The modern American news industry has a lot of issues. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. This is something we can all agree on,
- Apr 10, 2020
How the Middle East Got to Now: Part 3
Today's topic is about the struggle that emerged between the United States and the Soviet Union during the second half of the 20th Century.
- Feb 17, 2020
Five Books and Two Podcasts (for the Modern World)
Introduction The secret to understanding current events is the ability to understand human nature. In other words, what is in the realm...
- Feb 10, 2020
HOW GLOBALIZATION GOT TO NOW (and why 9 out of 10 Trump supporters hate it!)
Globalization is the driving factor for the two biggest political events of the past five years: Brexit and the 2016 Presidential Election.
- Jan 28, 2020
How the Middle East Got to Now: Part 2
In this post we take a closer look at Islam and how a few very extreme branches of a peaceful religion emerged during the 1940’s and 1950’s.
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