There was a deeply troubling development at this year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (the 12^th Session) in New York. Before we get into that, though, let’s first build some historical context....

Every once in a while a really nice example of institutional racism emerges from the corporate media and gives us a chance to expose unexamined assumptions that make truth impossible....

There is a situation brewing in western South Dakota that has quite a few people concerned about the safety of soldiers in the South Dakota Army National Guard. It’s not that they will be going overseas to fight....