The government takes advantage of you when you are the most vulnerable
A sewer cleaner in the city of Dhaka is lowered into the pipes to clear a blockage. Photo Credit: Zakir Chowdhury/Barcroft…
More than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate…
The inexplicable reality of issues that silence the oppressed
By: Erika Aldana
As I was scrolling though Twitter I came across a post claiming “pedophilia isn’t a sexuality!” At first I was confused because I didn’t even know what pedophilia was. In my head, I thought it had something to do with feet like pedicure or something. As I kept reading through…
Duterte’s War On Drugs
Deportation has been a issue for many centuries. I am here to tell you the view of deportation of Mexican individuals from a first generation Hispanic students eyes. May this evidence on the attack on Mexico and its culture bring you a new…
The People of Puerto Rico Still Suffer From The Effects of Hurricane Maria
Please. Past precedence from every natural disaster, like, ever has taught us the government will do very little more than send their…
After the disastrous Hurricane Maria, we see private owners using Milton Friedman’s methods trying to buy up property on the island of Puerto Rico in order to gain control of the…
Hurricane Maria, which affected countries such as Dominica and Puerto Rico, is considered the worst recorded natural…
Will the destruction of Hawaii’s Big Island volcano be a clean slate that is open for privatization?
In the current climate we exist in, it is no secret that poverty has continually deprived those below and allowed for those at the pinnacle to thrive. For years on end it has become blatantly apparent that those in power would rather flip a profit than support…
Throughout the years, there have been occasional disasters that affect local communities throughout the world. Some are…
People with power are supposed to be who guide society, provide efficiency, and nurture its growth. A long list of events and court cases tell us otherwise, and it is the people who suffer the consequences.
Daniel Jung
Residents Affected by the Thomas Fire Unite
Do communities always come together during a disaster?
Going back hundreds of years, there are countless examples of oppression and discrimination against people who look different or have different defining characteristics than those in power. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in particular, Israel’s assaults on Gaza, is a recent…
“I thought they would do a lot for us, but so far they haven’t given us anything. Most of the people here are waiting on the road to recovery” –Albert Walker, 75
Disaster Awareness: Our Government’s Role in Disaster Relief
So your in the the grocery store and your picking out your dinner for the night…. You’re walking up to check out and you…
Yes, of course, you are.
Let us all be real for a quick second if we could. If you are some sort of millionaire that has all sorts of resources and people at their disposal, you will probably end up being one of the first ones evacuated in a huge catastrophe…
A guide to prevent the government from viewing a disaster as a political advantage
How Puerto Rico has become another victim of disaster repression:
Natural disasters are long term events, people sometimes anticipate a natural disaster like a hurricane, but the after effects of a natural disaster are what make people never forget. Throughout the years there have been many natural disasters and many man-caused “natural” disasters, the…