humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
The Tomb Called Justice
The courthouse looms at the town’s center like a tomb that refuses to stay closed, a monument of cold marble and older secrets. Its columns do not merely support a roof; they form the ribcage of an idea—that human suffering can be bled out, measured, and bottled in the name of peace. Above the bench, the scales hang like the iron skeleton of a trapped bird, eternally suspended in a room that smells of dust and the metallic tang of old fear.
By Ginny Brownabout a month ago in Humans
The Weight of Maybe. Content Warning.
Trigger Warning: Sexual coercion and emotional manipulation Authors Note: This piece explores the confusion, mental conflict, and questioning that can follow experiences of coercive intimacy, a lack of clarity that often lingers long after an experience ends. If you relate to the themes present in this piece, you are not alone.
By Grace Ryderabout a month ago in Humans
Rico's Bounce
Rico knows the discharge coordinator's voice before she rounds the corner. Third floor, east wing, room 314. Seven days in. The manila folder under her arm holds his aftercare plan—a photocopy of a photocopy, edges soft from being filed and refiled. She'll sit in the blue chair by the window, the one with the torn vinyl armrest, and she'll ask how he's feeling.
By R. Antonio Mattaabout a month ago in Humans
Dismantling the Torment Nexus 2.27.26. Content Warning.
“The whole system is fucked, from the ground up to the top down” is not a novel assessement of our current situation. Dutifully, I must couch such an observation with, if not solutions, at least a plea to better meta-analyze our society’s unfolding situation with greater rigor. I believe, considering the state of things around the world, we must conduct a postmortem on the status quo. All the tenets of progress we’ve ever been taught have led us to believe in a brighter, more hopeful future, yet upon closer examination it may seem more a deliberately orchestrated conspiracy than a series of unfortunate events.
By J. Otis Haasabout a month ago in Humans
Pending
Pending… Please Hold… There is no department officially responsible for waiting, yet it governs nearly everything. No one votes for it. No one studies it in school. No child says they want to grow up and participate in it. Still, waiting organizes modern life more reliably than law or tradition. It distributes attention, determines access, and quietly decides whose time matters.
By shallon gregersonabout a month ago in Humans
The Crumbling of American Education. Honorable Mention in A System That Isn’t Working Challenge.
For twenty years, I have dedicated my life to a system where each year a piece of it snaps off. What began as cracks, evolved into falling chucks. What caused it? Many people believe the overuse of computers in school is the cause, but I believe the cracks began in 2002 when a group of lawmakers with no experience in the public school system crafted and put into law a bill which became the first slash to our education system titled: “No Child Left Behind.”
By Iris Harrisabout a month ago in Humans
