National Interest: Is NATO pushing Russia towards retaliation?
The Hill: PTSD awareness month– an average of 20 veterans per day commit suicide
The Intercept: The U.S. has taken more than 3,700 children from their parents, with no plan to return them
WSWS: Trump administration planning massive expansion of jails for immigrant children
Activist Post: “Where are the girls?” Child trafficking feared as DHS can’t say where immigrant girls are being held Ed: The pictures of immigrant children being detained only show boys.
New York Times: Stung by a boy’s suffering, UK reviews medical marijuana rules
The Free Thought Project: Taxpayers shell out $2 million after video showed cop kill innocent mother while attempting to kill her dog Ed: These videos are hard to watch, but we must. Why are stories of police gunning down pets so common? Another story that should be remembered is the brave woman who placed herself between her dog and trigger-happy cop intent on gunning it down.
The Daily Sheeple: Cops arrest protesters for desecrating Thin Blue Line flags
Reason: You might have a ‘uniquely compelling’ reason to find out whether your government has placed you on a kill list Ed: This story is insane. A journalist and American citizen has had five near-miss U.S. missile attacks, too improbable to be mere coincidence, so now he’s suing the government to get his name off whatever secret kill list that is endangering his life and hindering his work in Syria.
Mises: The cronyist origins of Social Security
The American Conservative: Common Core is a menace to pluralism and democracy
Motherboard: Verizon says it will stop selling US phone data that ended up in the hands of cops
OC Register: Strong encryption protects our data and our liberty. Don’t allow the feds to weaken it.
Antiwar.com: War-fighting and the loss of liberty
Gizmodo: The dangers of tech’s privacy promises
The Guardian: The war in Yemen is disastrous. America is only making it worse.
