Deplorable: tribe’s contract for ICE detention centers
By Bree Crawford Prairie Band LLC landed a $30 million contract to vet and design mega detention centers for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in areas probably including Kansas. According to KSNT 27 News from Topeka on Dec. 8, Prairie Band LLC, the...
Local anti-nuke activists head to Nevada meeting, film fest
Five activists from PeaceWorks KC are headed to the fall meeting of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) fall meeting Nov. 21-23 in Las Vegas. PeaceWorks Vice-Chair Ann Suellentrop predicted, “We will learn skills and strategies to use in opposing the Kansas...
Organizers forge path to nuclear-free world
Presenters at the “Honeywell, Kansas City, & Resistance” forum, from left: Bree Crawford, Chris Overfelt, Kimmy Igla, Mitch Synder, and Kamran Choudhry. By Kimmy Igla In a powerful gathering, a coalition of Midwest organizers convened for a strategic forum titled...
Despite arms chase, ‘a better world is possible’
By Miranda Pelletier Kamran Choudhry motivates the assembly to take action, explaining our responsibility as people residing in the US to demand an arms embargo. A recent meeting shone light on the Midwest’s role at the center of the arms race , and specifically...
1/3/2026
WASHINGTON – Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund, issued the following statement: “The United States’ military special ...
WASHINGTON – Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund, issued the following statement: “The United States’ military special ...
By Jane Stoever Our government may return to producing plutonium pits, the cores of nuclear bombs. Peace groups have managed to demand hearings ...
IPPNW leaders at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 1985. Photo: IPPNW Steve Overman, MD MPH and Sean Arent, Washington PSR | Seattle ...
By Ann Suellentrop About 250 persons gathered at the River Market area in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3 to demand that the US ...
By Jon Rainwater Note: Jon Rainwater is executive director of Peace Action, of which PeaceWorks KC is an affiliate. Over the last 24 ...
Save the date for the 21st Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future on Tuesday, April 7, at 6 p.m. at the Music ...
[Yard sign design by Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter and the Shut Down Palisades Campaign; photo by Kevin Kamps] Several publications and outlets ...