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This article discusses the controversy between freedom of speech and preventing terrorism. A high school students Facebook comments put him in court.

It's nice to see how serious our law enforcement agencies are taking this. I'm all for making an example out of this kid. However, I'm not sure if 20 years is the answer either. If anything the kid needs some help, not a third of his life behind bars. Of course I can't share a definite observation, and opinion on the matter because I haven't listen to the video. Again, either way the security of our nation and its people is and should be highest priority.

This websites states all of the different types of terrorism. According to the article there are six types of terrorism and how they get their massage across.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, and publisher attempting to help everyone better understand foreign policy around the world. This article in particular focuses on effective ways to respond to our global terrorist threats covering strength & weaknesses, recent developments, and other important factors regarding this regime.

Bullying is a huge problem in our nation. Terrorism is as well. This explains in detail what can be considered terrorism and how people bully other nations with terrorism and why.

Talks about how terrorism promotes racial segregation. And how it is effecting people

Trump bans Muslim targeted countries. Did he ban the wrong countries? Most of the terrorist attacks that have happened here in America have been done by born U.S. citizens

I think this article is not very scholarly, but they made good points about the origins of some of these terrorists.

According to Benjamin Franklin, Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." Secondly, it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, color, origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, etc.

This article highlights a recent release of information from the NSA regarding the number of personal e-mails they "inadvertently" ended up collecting through a mistake. According to The Washington Post during a three year period the NSA collected up to 56,000 personal e-mails with no links to terrorism whatsoever. The article concludes stating that these findings were brought to light because of several different lawsuits currently levied against the NSA for violating personal privacy rights.

This article explains how people are scared to give up some of the freedoms for security. This was written right after the Boston bombing. With terrorism being a very talked about topic in America, many people are scared they may lose all freedoms.

The National Security Agency has greatly expanded since September 11, 2001. People have come forward and recently exposed the corruption of the system, and the spying the agency has conducted on millions of Americans, through phone calls and other mass forms of media we consume everyday.

I understand the reason for the surveillance, but I feel that if they find nothing wrong, they should move on. I also feel that it is a violation of peoples' rights to privacy. If I was a suspected terrorist or caught peeping on sites that I shouldn't, please track me so that I don't hurt anyone or do irreparable damage. However, if you spy on me and all I do is talk to family and do homework, pay bills and occasionally visit Facebook, then just leave me alone. Spend the time watching someone that you should be.

Whether the NSA is listening to you or not, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about, they are not sharing your information with others, nor are they even listening closely to your conversation. The NSA was weakened through the repealing of the patriot act last year, and since there have been 3 major terror attacks on the homeland, a clear rise in terror in the homeland through the gained power of terrorist due to paranoia from American citizens, who value privacy over safety.

A view that Trump is going against the Constitution and being Un-American by restricting Muslim immigration into America. States that it goes against our heritage and history and should be opposed, because there are no facts to back up that it would increase terrorism.

The Amnesty International suggests that America should treat human rights respectfully in any movements they make in the reputation of countering terrorism or national security. On the downside, America's political authorities are creating an anti-human rights motive when bringing about counter-terrorism, lethal force, surveillance, Guantanamo, and freedom of expression.

No secret that a lot of human rights get violated in the name of National Security. But hard to stop this kind of stuff because it all happens so secretly. By the time we find out its been happening for years.

This article seeks to give a relatively comprehensive guide to airport security. It discusses privacy vs security, conflict of interest, and examines other countries approach to airport security.

The article starts by gives a very brief history of airport security in the US. It then discusses various tools used in ensuring airport security such as body scanners, removing shoes, and passenger profiling.

The arcle mainle talks about 911, when the two hijacked jets crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. How traumanic was it for the nation and all the people that die that day.

This article talks about the willingness of the masses to give up certain personal freedoms when they believe a threat is imminent.

This article examines the increased security, and subsequent loss of citizens' privacy, that has occurred over the years after 9/11. While many support increased security if it is making our country safer, they also seem to feel that some of these measures are invasive and do not protect us more at all.

This author believes strongly in keeping guns. He believes that if we lost our guns than we are becoming more vulnerable to criminals and the government.

This article talks about how climate change is the reason for hurricane Harvey. Scientist predicted that this hurricane was going to happen. He also gives examples of climate change and the first steps to help it not to get worse.

Climate change is an important issue that has an impact far outside the present. I thought the author made an interesting point at the beginning of his article, when he talked about how after 9-11 we found terror but when it comes to climate change people look the other way.

Hurricane Harvey is one of the many signs that climate change is a threat to our planet. The article states that "last year was the third year in a row to set a record for highest global average surface temperature " and since then other studies and reports have only further proven these dacts.

Amanda B. Clinton wrote an article talking about the crisis refugees are facing with psychological health. She stated that the APA Office of International Affairs hosted a program called the International Learning Partner Program in Kosovo. 10 U.S. based psychologists who joined the program in Kosovo allowed people like Ilir, an expert in Balkan culture, who had no choice but to flee his country.According to United Nations High Commissions on Refugees every 20 minutes people leave everything behind in order to escape the terror of war and persecution. Okazaki, Haarlammert, Guler and Liu (2019), indicated that psychology has never been more important than it is today. With the strong leadership in the APA evidence on the recognition of the refugees rights has increasingly gotten a lot better.