Street

“On less traveled streets after dark, I grew accustomed to but never comfortable with people crossing to the other side of the street rather than pass me.” “I’d been a fool.” Staples states in “Parallel time”, he has an epiphany no matter what he did these people feared his existence. Staples encounters a well-dressed white…

Modern Day Tom Walker Growing up in the streets of Beverly Hills, California was a young man named Tom who always aspired to be rich like the rest of his friends and family. Tom was a married man with no children because he did not want to waste money he could spend on himself on children that he did not really even care to have.. Tom and his wife Amy, who were both known for being very greedy individuals, the couple even sometimes stole each other 's personal belongings and money from each…

are ones who use it for violence. “No Church In The Wild” in this sense is a very overzealous example of “hipster” counterculture. The video opens with a relatively still shot of a man holding a molotov cocktail on what appears to be a regular city street He then clicks a lighter and ignites it, as soon as he does. The beat starts and the song begins. This is no accident, the way igniting the bomb is a prelude to the chaos and violence, the beat…

Working as a firefighter for the city of New Orleans from December 2, 2001 – April 9, 2008; I have experienced countless tragedies and devastation during that time. However; in September of 2005, I faced one of the most devastating event of my life, Hurricane Katrina. This had been the most horrific storm to hit our beloved city. According to our schedule, my next duty day was the Monday after predicted landfall. But out of a sense of obligation to the city and the possibility of things getting…

Come and take a walk with me down 21ST Northeast DC. Ward 5 in the District of Columbia. Here, you will see plenty of trash cans on the street, but plenty more trash on the ground. Also, you will see ripped couches, old dirty mattresses, abandoned bicycles that are disassembled, and drug paraphernalia. What you won’t see are white picket fences, flower gardens, or a suitable playground for kids to frequent. When I say unsuitable I mean the equipment is in deplorable condition, or completely…

County, although some cities contribute much more taxes than those given back and vice versa. Most people would agree that it's only fair that every city keeps its own taxes that its residents contribute. The taxes would go towards services, such as: street repairs, public services, transportation, etc. This makes lots of sense, since residents would be getting back from the city, the money they paid themselves, in the form of city…

in that is, no matter where you are no place is safe. The poem Ballad of Birmingham is about a young child that lives in Birmingham, Alabama. The small girl asks her mother, “Mother dear, may I go downtown instead of out to play and march the streets of Birmingham in a Freedom March today”. The girl asks to go march for freedom; given that the…

For a government to be ideal, it would have to abide by a set of laws set by the people and for the people. In today’s society, the government must cater to the needs of regular working class, rather than the one percent that control the nation along with how they believe it should be run. In order for society to further respect, the government needs to work toward catering to the needs of the people, while hearing their concerns. Some of the many improvements needed is universal healthcare for…

The sun beat down on us as we drew squares on the crumbled street and numbered them with the chalk we had stolen. We played lagoori with a pile of stones and a dirt-covered ball. Each day, our bodies grew, our minds expanded, the streets crumbled some more, but the chalk was always stolen and the stones were always free. My mother’s cold palm gently woke me. A sea of bored, excited and curious faces moved in an unseen current. There were plasma screens of arrival and departure times and people…

Ah, the sweet taste of success! I thought as my teeth sank into my Kit-Kat bar, which was the only piece of candy I managed to keep. Alone in my room, I munched onto the candy and recalled the unexpected events of tonight... Halloween started like every other year. I told my mom I was headed to Jenny’s house for her Halloween party. In reality, I went trick or treating. This year, my best friend, Jenny, and I agreed to dress up as Twix and Kit-Kat bars. The next few weeks were spent planning…