Tag: poverty

  • We Have to Stick Together

    When any of us rise, we all rise.

  • The Anatomy of a Union Buster

    They want you divided, not united.

  • Happy International Workers’ Day

    Power to the people.

  • An Horrific Insight

    Cold, wet, desperate people, everywhere.

  • Reaching That Summit

    Most of us have struggled to get where we are.

  • Hadestown and Why We Build the Wall

    Walls don’t just keep people out. They keep us in. In fear.

  • Mean World Syndrome

    People alive today have access to more news and entertainment than any human being in the history of the planet. If anything major happens in the world, we are all able to find out about it almost instantly. We’ve come a long way from the days when a hurricane could hit Long Island without any…

  • Basic Economics

    Many people fall for the fantasy of the American Dream. Who could blame them? It’s a beautiful story. Its moral is that you are completely in control of your own destiny. If you work hard enough, do everything you’re supposed to, and floss your teeth once a day, you’ll live happily ever after. Pffft. If…

  • It’s a Jungle Out There

    When I moved from Florida to Seattle, one of the things that shocked me the most was the number of homeless people in this city. You’d think that Florida would have cornered the market on the homeless because the weather is so much warmer, but apparently not. I have no idea why that is. Here…

  • Anti-Climax Heights

    I was taking a trip down memory lane the other day and decided to Google Earth all my former houses. What an eye opening experience. The house I lived in right after college has been painted hot pink. The one I lived in after that, which was a total dump with rotting floors, questionable plumbing,…