Author: Hipolito

The Danger of Being An Outsider

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher Most folks say they like kindness and intelligence, and psychological research evidences that there is a truth to that because at the end of the day, people must feel safe with those around them. The other side is that, outsiders are always in danger of being hurt just because they are defined as different. The challenge that we all face, is that in order to make a difference and make progress in a changing world, we must step out of that safe space and face those that will look at efforts to create a...

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Our “Whatever” Society

Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher There are tremendous injustices that seem to be continuously excused or justified through dismissiveness or our lack of understanding of how we understand and see each other. As the demographic changes in the United States and the world advance, there are more claims of “reverse racism.” Some folks open their conversations with, “well if a (person of color) would say what I just said to me, that would be okay?” We have a tremendous lack of understanding on how we work and how we develop compassion. We also seem to have developed national amnesia of...

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What If There Was No Government?

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher Pol·i·tics; noun: the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power. There is a deceptive movement that has been dogging the world since the development of the political class which has led to the despise of those that prepare themselves for the governance of a position created to manage a position that focuses on public service. “Politics as usual,” has become a go to phrase to refocus the population’s attention away from their social responsibility. When...

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Are Afraid? Do Your Research!!

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher What is happening in 2016? Look around at all types of impactful events that are changing the landscape our world and possibly the future of humanity, and to add to our anxieties we have Elon Musk preparing us for space travel. We are now also able to experience the violent and destructive events happening all over the world in real time; through social media, we can now see how we destroy each other… live. We are discovering that we are still not as evolved as we imagine ourselves to be.   That realization fills...

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Make America Great Again….for some….

By Hipolito Munoz, Managing Editor/Publisher The call for going back to a better time is an opportunity to get a history lesson of what has been happening in the past. As the demographic changes impact our country and in general our world, it would be important to mention that as folks prefer to move forward, it should be considered an olive branch of forgiveness of the atrocities the dominant cultures have inflicted in those that are different than them.   When folks long for a better time, they seem to be referring to a time when they, personally, had...

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