This is part 3 in a series on economic injustice. Click here to read from the beginning. "His philosophy was: to be up, you gotta push someone down. That was all I knew cause that was all I was around I found the flaws in his methods from the cause in myself Father Diablo:...
This is part 2 of a series on economic injustice. Click here to read the introduction. "Stop punchin' the clockPunch it with all of your ragePut the men in officeFor a minimum wageRats, fighting for scrapsSiphon the gas from your tankLeft your pockets emptyAs they laughed at the bankThey speak about drawsBut make...
“Halt, freeze, who goes there? Do you have the right? Do you have the right documentation?” –Enter Shikari The letter said that if I didn’t attend the meeting, I would be denied access to food benefits. My partner received one, too. When we arrived, after nursing our dying car to the location, we were...
We’ve alienated each other from the conversation about fiscal policy, corporate policy, and shamed ourselves into silence. Either you’re a temporarily embarrassed rich person in the job and car and house and clothes of a poor person, or you’re too rich to ever disclose what you make, and feel guilty for amassing...
Big content warning for in-depth discussion of the recent executive order from President Trump on choosing to imprison families together instead of separating them. More links and context were added 7/2/18. If you have any updates on this developing story, please leave links in the comments and I will update accordingly. I don&...
A very kind person has made sure that we aren’t sleeping on the streets. They didn’t have a room to spare, but on hearing that we were facing homelessness, figured a garage would at least provide shelter. We hoped to save enough quickly to get a place to rent, but for six weeks...
