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Published in Human Development Project

·Feb 23, 2017

A Cuttlefish in a Capitalist Society

For any creature, what matters most is surviving within the community in which it has been placed. Whether it is the impressive camouflaged cuttlefish or the presumably less impressive human being, all must make their way and either accept the norms of society or assume that their failure is inevitable…

Technology

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Technology

7 min read


Feb 23, 2017

Commodity Fetishism, #TrumpsAmerica and Human Trafficking

There are five sub-branches of philosophy: logic, epistemology, social & political, ethics, and ontology. These branches of philosophy form a part in Plato’s work, The Republic, and that of Freud’s, Civilization and its Discontents. Logic gives our reason for beliefs and is the science that gives us the rules of…

Human Trafficking

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Human Trafficking

10 min read


Published in Human Development Project

·Feb 23, 2017

Seeing Stars Through Bars

When you look at a human you see the effects of every experience that has crossed their paths. Their personality, their fears, passions, and pet-peeves have been shaped based upon their past. Some, more than others, have experiences which cause negative actions to occur. Those who have parents who have…

Criminal Justice Reform

4 min read

Criminal Justice Reform

4 min read


Nov 7, 2016

SOAP Cleveland Human Trafficking Liberator Award Nomination

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Human Trafficking

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SOAP Cleveland Human Trafficking Liberator Award Nomination
SOAP Cleveland Human Trafficking Liberator Award Nomination
Human Trafficking

3 min read


Nov 7, 2016

Tearing down the walls of hatred.

As a first generation American, I am deeply disgusted. I am disgusted that a proposed list of people from countries who, in majority are attempting to safely and legally create opportunities for themselves and those around them, are suddenly deemed dangerous and unfit to immigrate. If this outrageous implementation of…

ISIS

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ISIS

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Published in Human Development Project

·Jul 8, 2016

The clock goes tick, the glock goes bang.

10:31pm — Eyes drooping as I lay in bed scrolling through my Twitter feed before going to sleep, I suddenly see a video; depicting the protest in Dallas which started earlier in the evening. …

Black Lives Matter

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Black Lives Matter

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Jun 24, 2016

Sorry Temper Trap, some dispositions are not so sweet.

See an individual physically abusing another, and we call this domestic violence. Give this individual a badge, and we call this their legal duty beyond reasonable doubt. I would like to take a second to reflect on the topic of police brutality and what I witnessed the past few weeks here, in Cleveland, Ohio. Police brutality and hypocrisy is real and happening today. Does this mean the system of protection and surveillance in this nation is corrupt…

Black Lives Matter

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Sorry Temper Trap, some dispositions are not so sweet.
Sorry Temper Trap, some dispositions are not so sweet.
Black Lives Matter

4 min read

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