“Who watches the watchmen” is a demanding phrase that has been constantly echoed throughout the course of human history. In the graphic novel, Watchmen, author and self-identified anarchist Alan Moore draws constant...
Category - Politics
Less than a month after the passage of the revolutionary covid-19 relief bill, the Biden White House has already begun pitching its next big plan for America: infrastructure. The proposed $2.2 trillion mega-package provides...
For centuries, toxic masculinity, a familiar and saddening trope, has plagued cultures across every corner of the world. In the film, Fight Club, director David Fincher clearly seeks to demonstrate how a society driven by...
As someone who voted for Bernie in the primaries and viewed Biden as the corporate, neoliberal pick for president, I must admit that Biden has far exceeded my expectations in his first two months in office. This, of course...
After a marathon Senate session full of gut-wrenching twists and turns, the Senate has finally passed Biden’s enormous America Rescue Plan with many of its original proposals well intact. Given its $1.9 trillion price...
TW: Physical and Sexual Abuse, Trauma In March of 1984, 4-year-old Joshua DeShaney was beaten so severely by his father that he became “profoundly retarded” with little to no cognitive function. Four years before the...
In my first blog post, I briefly mentioned a United Nations report that estimated between 200 million and 1 billion climate refugees by 2050 if nothing is done about the climate crisis. I drew a comparison between those numbers...
The internet cheers on as a community of retail investors from the “r/WallStreetBets” subreddit wage war against hedge fund short sellers by mass-purchasing GameStop stock (or GME). In the process, they have managed to...
I am only one of the tens of millions who were inspired by both of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. Looking back to where American politics were just five years ago, it is truly incredible to witness how far the...
It is no secret that America has been violently sliding towards authoritarianism since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidential term. For the past four years, Trump’s rhetoric has consisted almost entirely of lies and...