The Polish bus with a difference
Trundling across Warsaw’s freezing streets and packed tight with weary passengers, the MPP bus looks just like any other in the city. The interior resembles that of all Warsaw’s buses; there’s...
Category: Culture
Machu Picchu and the shameful behavior of tourists
The imposing sacred temple of the Incas has been visited by millions of tourists from all over the world, but unfortunately not everyone understands the importance of the sanctuary. The moment I...
Is a 40-hour work week bad for society?
How would you feel about working fewer than 40 hours a week? Most workers' first reaction to hearing this is “yes!” because who wants to work more hours than needed? But this isn’t about...
Fewer consumers, more creators
Growing research in the education system holds that creativity should be at the heart of education. Innovation is unwise in a society that values conformity over creativity. The government, most...
The Base: fascist networks are complex and multiple
One of the most antiquated, destructive ideologies humanity hasn’t managed to shake off is that of fascism. One would think that with the gradual progressivism we have attained, its ability to rear...
The Whitewashing of Mayor Pete
Let me begin by stating the obvious. For the majority of his life, US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg passed as a straight white male. This is how others viewed him, and thus treated him...
The best television surprises of 2019
So much television is produced nowadays it’s impossible to keep track of everything that comes out. Between the usual network and cable content and the ten thousand or so streaming services that...
In the wake of the 10-year challenge, survival is good enough
In mid-November, a tweet went viral that was asking people to detail what their proudest accomplishments of the decade were. We were just weeks away from the start of a new decade and people were...
5 things we can happily leave behind in 2020
Wow, well. 2019 was certainly… a year. And 2009-2019 was certainly a decade! While we’re packing away our end-of-the-year lists and end-of-the-decade memorials (and 2016, shudder), it’s time to...
Hands in the hair: Nigerian police and men with dreadlocks
Who told the Nigerian DSP and the bulk of Nigerian populace that dreadlocks and tattoos were foreign to our culture? The popular #EndSARS campaign began in December of 2017, after a Twitter user...