As an AmeriCorps member, I have agreed to dedicate a year of my life to working toward the good of society. In exchange, I am provided with a stipend in the amount of $12,000—before taxes.

Honeywell, best known for their automatic controls and thermostats, bought the patent to the thermostat in 1916 from Albert Butz boosting the company’s sales to almost $300,000 that year (Honeywell Project 1988: 7). However, just prior to World War II, Honeywell consented to its first contract for the defense department. The United States government [...]

World peace must represent universal efforts. Anti-war priorities are first. However, since oppression is similarly destructive, informed and purposeful, some of us believe oppressors must be exposed and humiliated, if not punished.

Several years ago, I attended a “White Privilege” conference in Pella, Iowa hosted by Dr. Eddie Moore (http://www.eddiemoorejr.com/). The issue of privilege has long been a topic of interest to me and the conference was one of the most inspiring and informative I have ever attended.
Privilege is a topic I [...]

Actioneering Puppeteering
Self absorbed and bleeding arrogance,
From birth, only having faux intelligence,
Sleeping, eating, breathing ignorance,
Through trial and tribulation always…never true.
Struggle to be on that level,
Working to avoid that trouble,
Scramble to fight the mainstream mentality,
Never gonna be a happy you.
Up a stream of indecision,
Up a hill with a lack of vision,
A metaphorical conclusion,
Raging blindness to opposing thought.
There [...]