Colleen Akiko

Nations who attack first without positive proof of their adversaries' nefarious intent have never justified the lives wasted and human-progress stalled by waging war.

What if the United States government cannot be fixed? Not because the right people haven’t tried. Not because we lack good ideas or policy solutions. But because the system was never designed, not even in its most idealistic moments, to produce the future most of us actually want.

The idea of forgiving major trespassers is often completely contrary to logic. It feels like we are rewarding bad behavior. Like giving the school bully a hall pass. Like excusing cruelty. It almost feels irresponsible. But forgiveness is not a reward we hand out to “bad guys.” It is something far deeper than that. And as shocking as it may sound… We must forgive ICE