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Aydasara Ortega articles

Aydasara Ortega Torres writes for Democracy Chronicles from New York. She is a Faculty Member of Psychology at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Also take a look at her website for more of her work.

On facts, opinions and the proper use of primary sources

by Aydasara Ortega - March 6, 2018

importance of primary sources

Throughout history, people have recorded what happened during the course of their lives in various ways. Yet, have you ever found yourself skeptical about a written record of things past?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Education, Election History, Journalism and Free Speech

Unconditional Basic Income: Around the Survivors a Perimeter Create

by Aydasara Ortega - March 9, 2017

Unconditional Basic Income

Did you know that there is currently one privately-funded program being run in California’s Silicon Valley that gives “unconditional” payments to Oakland residents?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Socialism and Labor

On Centuries of Unkept Promises Undergirding the Pipeline Fight

by Aydasara Ortega - November 30, 2016

Undergirding the Pipeline Fight

Now, let me ask you. Have you ever tried to rewrite one of the stories found in history books from different points of view? Or with alternate “endings”?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Protests, Native American Voting Rights

Verbal Hemophilia: Afterthoughts on the First Presidential Debate

by Aydasara Ortega - October 2, 2016

Verbal Hemophilia

Discussing Monday’s debate with my college students was not anyone’s cup of tea. But we did it. And we actually came to agree on one thing.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Political Debates

Walking on Knives in Orlando

by Aydasara Ortega - June 15, 2016

Walking on Knives in Orlando

With the recent events of the Orlando Massacre, I can’t help to think back to how Hitler became the prejudiced human he was. I catch myself picturing how he developed into the monstrosity he turned out to be.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Germany, Racism and Prejudice

Remember to Remember

by Aydasara Ortega - June 7, 2016

Remember to Remember

The amount of information coming from all directions makes it possible to confuse reality with the simulacra created by the media. This blurring goes unnoticed by the media consumer.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech

We Can Have a Say in This Story

by Aydasara Ortega - May 23, 2016

This Story

We ought to devote time to partake on talking about issues inside and outside our personal interests and viewpoints; being open to molding and transforming our research methods and resisting submissive and conformist postures

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Education

On May Day and Meaningful Work

by Aydasara Ortega - May 1, 2016

On May Day and Meaningful Work

In the 1860’s, working people mobilized speaking loud and clear in favor of an 8-hour work day without a cut in pay – claimed by the working people themselves without the support or consent of the employers.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Protests, Election History, Socialism and Labor

This Social Context

by Aydasara Ortega - April 22, 2016

This Social Context

What if we speak up in favor of education? What if we freely nurture the skills that will allow us all to see how each person’s individual troubles and the larger economic and political context are pieced together?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Education

Redefining Words

by Aydasara Ortega - April 9, 2016

Redefining Words

Historical research continues to show that physical variations in the human species do not have any meaning apart from the social one we humans put on them.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, Election History, Racism and Prejudice, Worldwide

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The stakes are too high to cave into Putin’s phantasmatic imperial play, and too high to believe that this war can be won by arming Ukrainians.

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