Crowd mourns deaths of Renee Good, others
By Ann Suellentrop Opening with prayers by two pastors, the KC MO rally Jan. 10 mourned the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, as well as the deaths of 33 others killed by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in the last few years. Indivisible...Nuclear War: A Scenario book club—join now
By Henry Stoever It is not too late to join the PeaceWorks KC book club that begins its zoom sessions at 7 pm on Jan. 7, featuring Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario. You can get the book at the library or order it. About 15 persons are already using the book...
2/2: “It All Starts with the Pits—Plutonium, That Is”
By Jane Stoever Our government may return to producing plutonium pits, the cores of nuclear bombs. Peace groups have managed to demand hearings where people can weigh in on whether that’s a good idea. Kansas City, Mo., is one of five locations that will have the...
Hands off Venezuela!
By Ann Suellentrop About 250 persons gathered at the River Market area in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 3 to demand that the US stop its war on Venezuela. The speeches were about the millions of people in Venezuela who are at risk with “no precision” warfare, totally against...
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...
[U.S. Navy photo] Dr. Michael E. Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, has authored “Palomares: ...