Punishing First Means Never Having To Ask Questions Later

Almost everyone has seen the picture of the high school student, Nick Sandmann, wearing a MAGA hat and standing in the way of a Native American Vietnam Veteran, Nathan Phillips, who was playing a drum and chanting. According to a Huffington Post article (click here), Sandmann said he was trying to diffuse a tense situation where he claimed that Phillips was yelling at his friends to go home to Europe. In addition, the high school students with Sandmann had been taunted by protesters from another group.





According to Phillips, he put himself between the high school students and the group that was taunting the kids. Phillips claimed that he was simply trying to diffuse the situation (click here). 

I've been to protests. I know what diffuses tense situations. And while leading a protest, I've had counter protesters try obstruct our protest. I don't find Sandmann's account to be credible according to my experiences. I don't see a Native American elder who is also a Vietnam trying to start a confrontation by yelling at the kids telling them to return to Europe. As a Vietnam Veteran, Phillips worked with and/or faught alongside White Americans in far more tense situations than the confrontation in D.C. In addition, the best way to diffuse a situation between another group and your own is to walk away to be passive. And one doesn't diffuse a situation by standing in a face to face confrontation with the group that is challenging you. Once when the group of protesters I was leading were obstructed, we silently waited and the police told those obstructing us to move. Not only did we not have do anything, we didn't need to say anything or challenge those obstructing us either.

But besides the above, Sandmann's school stated that it would investigate and punish the students responsible with possible expulsions. And that is what we want to address here.

Unfortunately, the American first response to most transgression is to punish. Part of that is because of our nation's obsession with individualism. Because of that obsession, transgressions are seen as occurring without any context. When those of us who are privileged read about some crime committed by someone who is not privileged, we often do not take the differences in our status into account when judging the crime. We usually judge those committing crimes as having the same advantages we do and thus we show no understanding for their actions.

In addition, there have been too many times when we Americans have equated punishment and justice. Too many of us believe that the best way to respond to crime is to inflict pain believing that a criminal only needs ecough pain to teach them not to commit another crime. Under such a scenario, justice is spelled 'revenge.' We see this in both criminal justice and in our lawsuits. Little thought is given to correcting behavior through education. And not that we should equate justice and education. But justice should be thought of as having

When Sandmann's school investigates the incident, it could very well be that they find  that the confrontation between Sandmann and Phillips was due to an innocent misunderstanding and thus no punishment would be warranted. But should Sandmann's school find that Sandmann and some of the other students were showing gross disrespect for Philips, I don't think expulsion should be considered. Yes, there could be some punishment. But along with that, Sandmann's school should attempt to find ways for Sandmann and his friends to learn about Native Americans, their history, and their current plight. In other words, Sandmann's school's response to any wrongful behavior committed by Sandmann and his friends should include education along with any sanctions. In fact, his school's response should revolve much more around educating the students involved more than on punishing them. In fact, perhaps our criminal justice system should do the same with many kinds of nonviolent crimes.








References

1. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nick-sandmann-native-american-maga-protest_us_5c452fa7e4b027c3bbc2f869
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ONIM For March 13, 2017

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• The Southern Baptist Convention's Decision To Investigate Russell Moore Has Huge Implications For Black SBC Churches -- SBC Voices
• Chinese Communists Intensify Religious Persecution, According To New Report -- Acton Institute
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• What Christianity In China Is Really Like -- Gospel Coalition
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• Trump Administration To Propose 'Dramatic Reductions' In Foreign Aid -- Reuters
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• 'False Prophet': Duterte, The Catholic Church And The Fight For The Soul Of The Philippines -- Washington Post
• U.S. Jobs Most Held By Immigrants -- CBS News
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• A Congressman Wants To Cut Medicaid Because 'Some People Just Don't Want Healthcare' -- Business Insider
• Ottawa Police Officer Facing Manslaughter Charge In Death Of Abdirahman Abdi -- Ottawa Citizen
• Donald Trump's Greatest Allies Are The Liberal Elites -- Truthdig
• Trump Scapegoats Unauthorized Immigrants For Crime -- The Atlantic
• Wind Power Briefly Sets Record As Source For Electricity In U.S. -- Reuters
• House GOP"s Bill To Eliminate Nearly All Class Actions Would Encourage More Ponzi Schemes & Other Corporate Cheating -- Huffington Post
• Ben Carson Told HUD Staff He Could Zap Their Brains Into Reciting Whole Books Read 60 Years Ago -- Washington Post
• Obama Also Referred To Slaves As Immigrants -- USA Today
• Brazil Becomes Newest Country To Refues GMO Imports From The United States -- Nation Of Change
• Carson Refers To Slaves As 'Immigrants' In Talk To Hud Employees -- The Hill
• Republicans Just Made It Easier For Companies To Exploit Workers -- Huffington Post
• How Communities In El Salvador Are Organizing To Block Mining Projects -- Waging Nonviolence
• Trump Slashes Great Lakes Funding By 97 Percent In Early Budget Plan --  MLive
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• Journalism After Snowden: A New Age Of Cyber Warfare -- Columbia Journalism Review 
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• More Than A Feeling: Jews And Whiteness In Trump's America -- Mondoweiss
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Pick(s) Of The Litter

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• Elton John Tells Palestinians: "Please Know That You Are Not Alone -- Jerusalem Online
• Senate Committee Votes To Allow Doctors To Lie To Women -- Dallas Voice
• Thousands Of ICE Detainees Claimed They Were Forced Into Labor, A Violation Of Anti-Slavery Laws -- Washington Post
• Petition To Annul The Bill To Expropriate Private Palestinian Land -- Yesh-Din
• U.S. Military Carries Out 30 Airstrikes In Yemen -- Democracy Now
• Israel's Travel Ban: Knesset Bars Entry To Foreigners Who Call For Boycott Of Israel Or Settlements -- Haaretz
• How Protecting Native Forests Cost A Southeast Asian Activist His Life -- Yale Environment 360
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• Trump Cuts Regulations As Oceanic Dead Zones Release Massive Amounts Of Methane -- Truthout
• To Help Refugees, Stop Arming Terrorists--Rep Tulsi Gabbard -- RT
• Economic Growth More Likely When Wealth Distributed to Poor Instead Of Rich -- Guardian
• Trump Says Won't Move White House Briefing Room, Will Pick Who Gets In -- Reuters
• The Word 'Science' Disappears From Environmental Protection Agency Office's Mission Statement -- Independent
• Chaco Canyon Oil Rights Sell For $3 Million Despite Protests -- KRQE News
•  Health Insurance Companies Would Get $1 Billion Or More Windfall Under GOP Obamacare Replacement Plan -- CNBC
• Millions Risk Losing Health Insurance In Republican Plan, Analysts Say -- New York Times
• Colombian Human Rights Leader Assassinated -- Telesur
• Breaking The Silence On Sexual Harassment --  ZCommentaries
• U.S. Health System Is An 'International Scandal' And ACA Repeal Will Make It Worse -- Chomsky.Info
• U.S. Healthcare Ranked Worst In The Developed World -- Time
• Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained For 2nd Time By TSA--After Testifying In DC About 1st Detention -- RT
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Christian News

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• Father Who Killed Teen Son After Mistaking Him For An Intruder Will Not Be Charged -- The Washington Post
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• The EPA's Hush-Hush Response To The Flint Water Crisis -- Common Dreams
• Ted Cruz Did Not Disclose 2012 Senate Campaign Loan: NY Times -- Yahoo News
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• Denmark Poised To Pass Law To Strip Refugees Of Their Possessions -- Democracy Now
• 'Mask comes Off' As Venezuelan Right-Wing Opposition Shows Its True Colors -- Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
• How Congress Is About To Make It Easier For Chemical Companies To Poison Us -- Anti-Media
• The 2 Most Dangerous Numbers In The Universe Are Threatening The End Of Physics -- Yahoo News
• Judge Throws Out Excessive Court Case Against Officer Who Injured Indian Man -- Huffington Post
• Victory: Wedding Venue Cannot Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples -- NYCLU
• Elizabeth Warren Finally Speaks On Israel/Gaza: Sounds Like Netanyahu -- I Take Liberty With My Coffee
• Iran Fills Heavy Water nuclear Reactor Core With Cement -- Reuters
• Fox Creek Fracking Operation Closed Indefinitely After Earthquake -- CBC News
• Monsanto Lab On Lockdown After Scientists Find Shattered Tomato Containment Unit -- The Onion
• Real Madrid To Host Survivor Of West Bank Arson Attack -- Haaretz
• The Injustice System: A Tale Of Two Tyras -- The Guardian
• Congress Removes Ban On Funding Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion In Ukraine -- Revolution News
• 170 Prominent Economists Back Bernie Sander's Plan To Rein In Wall Street -- U.S. Uncut
• Texas Border Patrol Burried Immigrants In Mass Graves, State Says 'No Laws Were Broken' -- Counter Current News
• Saudi Arabia Buying Up Farmland In US Southwest -- CNBC
• Israeli Forces Shoot Dead 2 Palestinians In Gaza Clashes -- Ma'an News Agency
• International Writers & Artists Protest Saudi Plans To Execute Palestinian Poet -- Mint Press News
• Flint Doctor Mona Hanna-Attisha On How She Fought Gov't Denials To Expose Poisoning Of City Kids -- Democracy Now
• Sanders: Michigan Governor Must Resign Over Flint Lead-Poisoning Crisis -- BernieSanders.com
• Hate Of The Union: The TPP Is An Offense To The People -- ZNet
• Why Is Indonesia Not In The Saudi-Led Sunni Coalition Against Terror? -- ZNet
• Donald Trump Can Still See How Awful The American Mainstream Media Is -- ZNet
• Suspected Islamist Gunmen Take Hostages In Attack On Burkina Faso Hotel -- Yahoo News
• Margaret Flowers: Green Party Candidate US Senate Maryland -- YouTube
• Inspiration From The Suffragettes -- The Daily Kos
• Unelected Manager Who Caused Flint Water Crisis Now Runs Detroit Schools -- Democracy Now
• Chomsky Hits Back At Erdogan: Accuses Him Of Aiding Terrorists -- Mint Press News
• Turkey Detains Academics As Chomsky Takes Aim At Erdogan's Brutality, Hypocrisy -- Common Dreams
• 'Welcome To America': Australia's First Female Muslim Parliamentarian 'Interrogated' At LAX -- Raw Story
• Israel Tortures Palestinian Children; Keeps Them In Outdoor Cages In Winter: Rights Group -- Mint Press News
• Taiwan Elects First Female President -- The Guardian
• Muslim Celebrities -- CBS News
• Drones And The Imperial Mindset -- Truthout

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Privilege, Pathology And Power -- New York Times
• The Facts On The Trans-Pacific Partnership -- Flush The TPP
• Israeli Author To Le Monde: 'We Live Under An Apartheid Regime' -- Haaretz
• Vote All You Want. The Secret Government Won't Change -- Boston Globe
• 'White Privilege' Just Made An Appearance In The Presidential Race -- The Washington Post
• What Is White Privilege -- The Washington Post
• Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters Of Clean Water A Day In The Desert -- Collectively Conscious
• Flint Sends Overdue Notices To Flint Residents Who Aren't Paying For Their Water, Which Is Poison -- Slate
• Budget Cuts And Negligence Poisoned The Drinking Water In Flint, Mich -- Truthdig
• Speed And Secrecy Killing Democracy -- Urban Milwaukee
• Israel Furious At UN Report Detailing Torture Of Palestinian Children -- WeAreChange.org
• Socialist Response To The State Of The Union With Kshama Sewant -- ZNet
• 4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought -- Think Progress

ONIM For December 14, 2015

Christian News

• On Religious Liberty: An Open Letter To Franklin Graham -- Christian Today (UK)
• Pope Francis: Inaction On Climate Change Is 'Suicide' -- Christian Today (UK)
• Jesus Was A Refugee, Says Cathy Burton's Reworked Carol In Aid Of Syrian Children -- Christian Today (UK)
• Pastors And Pews Vastly Disagree On Discipleship Success -- Christianity Today
• Church Planting 2015: Who Attends And What Attracted Them -- Christianity Today
• Liberty Student: Why I Didn't Cheer For Jerry Falwell Jr -- Christianity Today
• Coming Out As Conservative Evangelical Harder Now Than Being Gay, Ryan Anderson Says -- The Christian Post
• Wheaton College Prof. To Wear Hijab During Advent To Show Solidarity With Muslims -- The Christian Post
• Dear Media, Stop Using The Term 'Radicalized' Unless You Apply It To White Christian Extremists, Too -- Huffington Post
• Yes, I Am Afraid -- Huffington Post
• Churches Settling Refugees Against Governors' Wishes -- Religion News Service

World News

• The Continued Degradation of Health Insurance Under The ACA -- Huffington Post
• 'Adorable' Drug Trafficking daughter Of DEA Chief Released With Her White Privilege Intact -- Addicting Info
• CIA Admits Role In 1985 Coup To Oust David Lee Roth -- The Onion
• Sonia Sotomayer Takes A Stand Against Police Brutality -- Slate
• Israel Fumes After Swedish FM Slams 'Extrajudicial Executions' Of Palestinians In Ongoing Violence -- RT
• Artist Melts 1,527 Guns And Turns Them Into Shovels For Planting Trees -- True Activist
• Finland Will Pay Everyone In The Country $876 A Month -- U.S. Uncut
• Finland's hugely Exciting Experience In Basic Income, Explained -- Vox
• Kerry's 'One State' Comments Cause Consternation In Israel -- Yahoo News
• Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Compound -- Al Jazeera
• Largest Destroyer Built For Navy Headed To Sea For Testing -- Yahoo News
• USS Zumwalt Begins Sea Trials -- CNN
• Report: U.S. Donors Pump Millions Into Israeli Settlements -- U.S. News And World Report
• The Shame And Disgrace Of The Pro-Islamist Left -- Quillette
• Weloming Refugees Is Best Strategy Against ISIS -- Democracy Now
• Jon Stewart Joins 9/11 First Responders Lobbying Congress -- KARE
• Venezuela's President Accepts Assembly Loss, Calls For Peace -- Telesur TV
• 'White Terror': Racism And Racialization Of Violence -- Open Democracy
• Germany Warns Saudi Arabia To Stop Funding Wahhabism -- Mint Press News
• Rahm Emmanuel, Laquan McDonald And Black Rebellion In Chicago -- Counterpunch
• Donald Trump's Hate-Filled Rhetoric Must Be Rejected -- Amnesty International
• Ex GOP Lawmaker Says Republicans Are Not Rational, Not Conservative And Have 12-year-old Thinking -- Daily Kos
• These People Are Fighting Anti-Muslim Hate After San Bernardino -- Huffington Post
• Stephen Colbert Makes A Powerful Argument For Gun Control -- Huffington Post
• Russia Gave Warning Of Syria Cruise Missile Strikes -- Yahoo News
• Sending Humans To Mars Could Uncover A Disturbing Truth To One Of Life's Greatest Mysteries -- Yahoo News
• Charter School Teacher Who Encouraged Allentown Student Walkouts Is Fired -- The Morning Call
• Critics Denounce Latest U.S. Trade Deal -- The Morning Call
• A Syrian In France's Largest Refugee Camp Speaks Out -- Democracy Now
• American Muslims Raise More Than $100,000 For Families Of San Bernardino Shooting Victims -- LA Times
• Russia, Turkey Tensions Heating Up; Putin Surrounds Turkey With Military Presence -- PJ Media
• Yemen's War Through A Child's Eyes: 'I Saw My Mom Burning In Front Of Me' -- Huffington Post
• Number Of Palestinian Chidren In Israeli Prisons Doubles -- Intifada
• Palestinian Teen Jailed For Six Days On Trumped Up Charges -- +972
• Another Witness To San Bernardino Shooting Describes Three White Men In Military Gear Fleeing Scene -- The True Skool
• Prominent Muslims React To Trump's Islamophobic Border Plan -- Huffinton Post
• Native American Calls For Ban On Christians Entering The US -- News Thump
• Protesters Flood Chicago Streets Demanding Mayor Emmanuel's Resignation -- U.S. Uncut
• More Machinery, Less Labor? -- Berkeley School Of Sociology
• Hundreds Of Muslims Marching Against Terrorism In London 'Ignored By British Media' -- Mirror
• Activists To Defy Protest Ban With Giant Civil Disobedience At End Of Paris Climate Talks -- The Guardian
• Ted Cruz Offers Al Gore Some "Inconvenient Truths" In Most Outrageous Climate Denier Stunt Yet -- BuzzFlash
• COP 21 Treaty Excludes Gender Equality Even Though Women Are Most Impacted By Climate Change -- Democracy Now
• Jeremy Corbyn Speech On Climate Crisis: Now Is Not The Time For Small Steps -- Democracy Now
• Top Climate Expert: Crisis Is Worse Than We Think & Scientists Are Self-Censoring To Downplay Risk -- Democracy Now
• In And After Paris: A Climate Justice Agenda -- Popular Resistance
• Valley High Students Protest Teacher's Firing -- Las Vegas Now
• Kock Brothers Get Each Other Same Election For Christmas -- The Onion
• Brains Aren't Actually 'Male' Or 'Female,' New Study Suggests -- The Washinton Post
• He's The Former Ontario Police Board Member Who Called For A Missing, Murdered Women Inquiry In '93 -- CBC Radio
• Armed Man On Arkansas State University Taken Into Custody -- Huffington Post
• Exploding Hoverboards Expose The Total Lack Of Global Manufacturing Standards -- Quartz.Com
• More Repression And Fear Aren't The Answer -- Socialist Worker
• How Terrorists Use Cheap Credit To Fund Their Attacks -- Yahoo News
• Latest Draft Of COP21 Climate Agreement: A Slap In The Face -- BuzzFlash
• It's Time For Washington To Get Out Of Bed With The Wahhabists Saudis -- Huffington Post
• Why Is Saudi Arabia Undermining COP21 When Climate Change Can Make The Gulf Uninhabitable? -- Democracy Now
• Charlie Rose Interviews Ben Carson -- Charlie Rose
• Noam Chomsky: On The Terror Attacks -- ZVideo
• 'When Were They Radicalized?' Is Not The Right Question -- Mondoweiss
• Lawsuit Seeks To Halt Nestle From Stealing 1,838,451,342 Gallons Of Water In CA -- Natural Society
• Trump Lead Among Republicans Undiminished In First Poll After Muslim Comments -- Reuters
• This Heroic Doctor Diagnosed Nigeria's First Ebola Case Before Dying Of The Disease Herself -- One.Org
• Four Killed In Medical Helicoptor Crash In Bakersfield, California -- NBC News
• How 70,000 Muslim Clerics Are Standing Up To Terrorism -- Huffington Post
• 5 Pillars Of Knowledge: What Everyone Should Know About Islam -- Huffington Post
• Obama Signs Bill Overthrowing George W. Bush's Disastrous No Child Left Behind -- Politicus USA
• GWU Apologizes To Student For Palestinian Flag Censorship -- Palestine Legal
• I Am A Muslim. But Trump's Views Appall Me Because I Am An American -- The Washington Post
• Smog So Thick, Beijing Comes To A Standstill -- The New York Times
• Noam Chomsky: "The U.S. And Its Allies Will Do Anything To Prevent Democracy In The Arab World" -- Democracy Now

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Cover-Up In Chicago -- The New York Times
• US Drone Strikes Could Be Classed As War Crimes, Says Amnesty International -- The Guardian
• Germany's Wind Farms Are Now Producing So Much Energy They Are Paying Users To Take It -- Democratic Underground
• Chennai Floods: Indian City's Streets, Homes, Airport Hit Hard; More Rain To Fall -- CNN
• The Twofold War Against Palestinians -- Al Jazeera
• Witness Describes San Bernardino Shooting -- CBS News
• How Many Slaves Landed In The US -- The Root
• The Long Game For The Long War -- Medium.Com
• Jailed Palestinian MP's Trial Demonstrates How Much The Game Is Fixed -- Haaretz
• WTO Orders Sanctions Unless U.S. Cuts Consumer Labels, Disproving Obama TPP Claims -- Huffington Post
• The U.S. And The Rise Of ISIS -- National Catholic Reporter
• Community Rallies To Aid Homeless Mom, Daughter In Ridley -- Daily Times News
• At International Human Rights Day At COP21, African Women Call For Climate Justice -- Truthdig
• Apartheid Is Not Just A Metaphor -- Socialist Worker
• Climate Deal Extraordinarily Dangerous -- ZVideo
• Wilson Perfectly Embodies U.S. Hypocrisy. That's Why We Should Remember Him -- Politico
• US Prison System 'Is Like Slavery' -- The Guardian
• It's Expensive To Be Poor -- The Economist

ONIM For September 21, 2015

Christian News

•  Pope In Cuba: These Times "Are Like A Third World War" -- Christian Today (UK)
• The Bible Must Be At The Centre Of Anglican Communion, Global Group Says -- Christian Today (UK)
• Protestant And Catholic Parties Begin Talks To Save Northern Ireland Assembly -- Christian Today (UK)
• DSEI Weapons Fair: Christians Protest At Ongoing Arms Trade -- Christian Today (UK)
• Should Denominations Apologize For Racial Acts They Didn't Commit -- Christianity Today
• The Black Church: A Necessary Refuge -- Christianity Today
• Why Is Christianity Surging In The Heart Of Islam -- Christianity Today
• Churches Need To Get With The Times And Invest In Urban Youth Workers -- The Christian Post
• Eschatology And The Black Lives Matter Movement -- Reformed African American Network
• Kentucky Clerk Case Divides Religious Liberty Advocates -- Yahoo News

World News

• Trey Radal, Busted On Cocaine Charge, Voted For Drug Testing Food Stamp Recipients -- Huffington Post
• UN Approves Palestinian Proposal To Raise Flag -- Yahoo News
• Inderjit Sing Mukker, Chicago Area Sikh, Allegedly Attacked And called 'Terrorist,' 'Bin Laden.' -- Huffington Post
• Here's How A Texas School Explained Arresting A 14-Year-Old Muslim Boty For Making A Clock -- Vox
• Studies Reveal 96 Percent Of NFL's Players' Brains Tested Positive For CTE -- Yahoo News
• Reykjavik City Will Boycott Israeli Products -- Iceland Magazine
• Transformation-Elections And Movements -- Popular Resistance
• Seattle Protest: Stop Denying White Privilege -- Popular Resistance
• Jury Awards 4#M To Fired Nurse Who Complained Of 'Rushing Patients Through' To Save Money -- Oregon Live
• Video: Ben Carson: A Muslim Should Not Be President Of The United States -- Truthdig
• Burlington, Vermont Becomes First U.S. City To Run On 100% Renewable Energy -- Eco Watch
• Four Years Later: Occupy Succeeded Despite Its Flaw -- Popular Resistance
• Black Lives Matter Not Endorsing Any 2016 Presidential Candidate -- Aljazeera
• Cop Beats And Pulls Gun On Unarmed Black Women On A Crowded Bus -- U.S. Uncut 
• Migrants: East Europe Divided As Thousands Pour In -- Christian Today (UK) 
• March For Life Exempt From Birth Control Mandate -- Christianity Today

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Rogue States And Diplomacy -- ZNet
• Now The Truth Emerges: How The US Fueled The Rise of ISIS In Syria And Iraq -- The Guardian
• The US Should Return Stolen Land To Indian Tribes, Says United Nations -- The Guardian
• After Years Of Oppression US To Pay Out Nearly $1 Billion To Native Americans -- The Free Thought Project
• The Justice Department's New Policy Is A Brutal Admission Of Erik Holder's Failures -- Yahoo News
• Homophobic People Often Have Psychological Issues -- Yahoo News
• The New Mayor Of Barcelona Tells Us Of Her Plans For A Radical City -- The Nation
• Air Force Times Runs Veterans' Ad Urging Drone Pilots To Refuse To Fly -- Truthdig