political science professor larycia hawkins, who is christian, posted on facebook -- "i stand in religious solidarity with muslims because they, like me, a christian, are people of the book. and as pope francis stated last week, we worship the same god." in response, wheaton college suspended hawkins, saying she a chicago church wednesday, hawkins said that wearing the headscarf is embodied solidarity. >> theoretical solidarity is not solidarity. being with people requires sacrificing our bodies. and that is what i'm doing. and i want to turn back on that. i won't look back. i will continue to do this until christmas. amy: and five years ago today, tunisian street vendor mohamed set himself on fire. on december 17, 2010, the 26-year-old protested as he tried to self reason bush doubles. the act led to protests across tunisia. it eventually brought about the ouster of president zine el abidine ben ali and inspired activists followed by uprising that became known as the arab spring. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm a