Sign up by 10/31 for PSR course on nuclear radiation
By Jane Stoever PSR, Physicians for Social Responsibility, is offering an 11-week online course on the dangers of radiation from nuclear weapon production, testing, and storing. Ann Suellentrop, vice chair of PeaceWorks-KC and a Board member of PSR, wants to catch KC...On Netflix: ‘A House of Dynamite’
You may have heard about the film “A House of Dynamite,” already in a local theater and available on Netflix as of Oct. 24. The movie depicts an all-too-real scenario in which US leaders realize that the country is being attacked with a nuclear weapon, a situation...
Endorse Nuclear Abolition Day 9/26
PeaceWorks KC has already endorsed Nuclear Abolition Day, Sept. 26, a day celebrated around the world. Now YOU can endorse the day individually. At https://www.nuclearabolitionday.org/, click on the button “Endorse the Appeal” to add your name to the appeal the UN...
Beyond the bomb: learning the truth, honoring legacy
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...
‘Who is my neighbor?’ takes anti-nuke twist
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...
By Jane Stoever “We remember Ron’s trademark beret,” says Charles Carney. “He wore it in defiance of pastors who wanted him to remove ...
A new book details the tragedies of and the connections between the devastating assassinations of America’s foremost 1960s leaders. On December 8, 1999, ...
[U.S. Navy photo] Dr. Michael E. Ketterer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ, has authored “Palomares: ...