| How Would American Indians Teach US History? Four Arrows and Barbara Mann, Peter Lang Publishers: In these excerpts from Four Arrows' Teaching Truly: A Curriculum to Indigenize Mainstream Education, history is viewed as an opportunity to learn those truth-seeking stories that sustain a society. Read the Excerpts Obama's Crackdown Views Leaks as Aiding Enemies of US Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: Obama's unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of "insider threat" give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range of other conduct. Read the Article Carol Becker on Creative Leadership, Public Intellectuals and the Arts in Higher Education Alexandra Epp and Grace Pollock, Truthout: In this interview, Dr. Carol Becker explains how she also views administrators within institutions such as universities as public intellectuals who can help empower and mobilize future generations of young people to engage with the world. Read the Interview Canadians Pay Taxes for Universal Health Care, and Now They're Richer Than Us Philip Caper, Bangor Daily News: Canada's tax-financed health care system covers everybody, gets better results, costs about two-thirds of what ours does and is far more popular than ours with both their public and their politicians. Read the Article US to Leave 700 Troops in Jordan in Sign of Deepening Involvement in Syrian Crisis Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: Obama said the troops would remain in Jordan to help provide that country with security, but he did not say specifically what they would be doing. Read the Article Citizens Without Obligations? Mike Alberti, Remapping Debate: If American corporations are, as the Supreme Court ruled in 2010, citizens entitled to free speech and other rights from the nation, what corresponding obligations to the nation do these corporations have? Read the Article Where Uncle Sam Ought to Be Snooping Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: Let's place private corporations with government contracts under surveillance - to make sure no one is getting rich off our tax dollars, says Sam Pizzigati. Read the Article On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Supreme Court Has Once Again Taken the Side of Big Business, and More In today's On the News segment: In a 5 to 3 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court obliterated almost any chance for small companies to challenge credit card monopolies in court; Republicans in the US House of Representatives managed to kill the $940 billion dollar farm bill; "Aaron's Law" is introduced, and if passed, the legislation would reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; and more. Watch the Video and Read the Transcript What Do Guns Have to Do With Immigration? For Gun Owners of America, Everything Katie Lorenze, PRWatch: Gun Owners of America (GOA), a small but influential pro-gun group based in Virginia, has been described as "eight lanes to the right" of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The group has declared immigration reform a gun issue. Read the Article Close to Combustion: Syrian Conflict Inflames Regional Refugee Crisis Yasmeen Alamiri, Fair Observer: Syria's neighboring countries are increasingly running out of resources to care for the masses of refugees. Read the Article | 
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