Jul 31, 2025
By Kimmy Igla Eighty years ago this August, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, changing the course of history and revealing a critical truth: the harm caused by nuclear weapons begins long before they are used—starting in the communities...
Jul 30, 2025
Archbishop John Wester gave the homily, excerpted here, at a Mass in Santa Fe, NM, on July 13, part of the observance of the 80th anniversary of the first test of a nuclear weapon—the Trinity Test on July 16, 1945. Developed in collaboration with Jay Coghlan (director...
Jul 23, 2025
By Ann Suellentrop I attended events in New Mexico commemorating the July 16 anniversary of the Trinity bomb explosion in 1945, 80 years ago. The Trinity test paved the way for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A new plaque “honors and acknowledges” the Trinity...
Jun 22, 2025
Attend the rally “Stop the War on Iran! Trump Is a War Criminal!” tomorrow, June 23, at 6 pm at Mill Creek Park, near the fountain at Main & Cleaver Blvd., KC MO. PeaceWorks KC’s Vice Chair Ann Suellentrop will speak at the rally, with speakers from groups such as...
Jun 20, 2025
Are you on acronym overload? Well, no matter … here’s another to add to your set: DNFSB, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. You may already know we’re encouraged to write the NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration) to say we don’t want our taxes...
Jun 11, 2025
By Ann Suellentrop US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has warned that the world is “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before” and called for rejection of the “path to a nuclear war.” Her comments came after a visit to the...