Political Writing

A Guide Garnered from this Brilliant Author’s MasterClass — Roxane Gay’s MasterClass on writing for social change is absolutely spectacular. Ever since I completed it, I’ve gotten paid for penning pieces about the news. I’ll be real with you: Writing about politics is simultaneously exhausting and depressing at times, but it is also very important, and I consider it…

During my graduation days, I was confronted with my ignorance especially about the political ideologies, when I got into the habit of reading a newspaper. So I was in a hurry to pick the side among leftist, liberal, rightist or conservative, to associate myself with. Due to the omnipresence of…

That future has already been decided. — A recent Medium article by Benjamin Cain has an usual prediction for USA’s future. He claims that the recent behavior of the Republican Party is mostly temper tantrum that will eventually subside. Is he right? I would say that the tantrum is a possibility. January 6 could have been a…

You have been brainwashed! — Medium is full of thinkers who have great ideas on how to reform the American electoral system. Here is a short list of improvements that I have encountered on Medium: 1. Replacing the electoral college with popular vote. 2. End of gerrymandering of electoral districts. 3. Put a lid on…

There’s a monster in our midst and I’ll be using our platform to take him down — Big changes at Indelible Ink, starting today. I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while now, but as the unemployment numbers go up, as the COVID death toll rises, as our climate, both political and terrestrial, gets more and more chaotic, I’m convinced the time is now. It’s no…

Hello Rodney, Before I delve into business, I would like to apologise profusely for my delay in replying to your letter. Work to be carried out to bring the semester to a close and family affairs prevented me from doing so. I was busily enjoying my lunch of boiled yam…