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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Ferguson, One Year Later
This past weekend marked the one year anniversary since Michael Brown, Jr. was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. Since then, the shootings and killings of unarmed black men by police has become a major issue. … Read More
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29 U.S. Scientists Praise Iran Nuclear Deal in Letter to Obama
By WILLIAM J. BROAD
AUG. 8, 2015
Twenty-nine of the nation’s top scientists — including Nobel laureates, veteran makers of nuclear arms and former White House science advisers — wrote to President Obama on Saturday to praise the Iran deal, calling it innovative and … Read More
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Ferguson Forced to Return Humvees as US Military Gear Still Flows to Local Police
Jon Swaine in Ferguson, Missouri, Spencer Ackerman in New York and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington
Tuesday 11 August 201508.00 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 11 August 201509.06 EDT
This article was originally published in The Guardian.
Exclusive: Pentagon reclaims vehicles meant for war one year after troops took to streets, but Ferguson … Read More
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PEP’s New Executive Director
The Peace Economy Project is excited to welcome its new Executive Director, Rachel Kent.
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Rachel graduated from Wilmington College of Ohio with a degree in Political Science.
While in school, Rachel traveled to Nicaragua, Israel/Palestine and Japan as … Read More
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#UnitedWeFight for Justice
It has been almost one year since the murder of Michael Brown, Jr. and the uprising that followed. Our movement has grown immensely and here in Ferguson and St. Louis, we continue to fight for all those who have been … Read More
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Hiroshima Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing
By JONATHAN SOBLEAUG. 6, 2015
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Thursday, the 70th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. CreditKazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Every year on Aug. 6, Hiroshima … Read More
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Pentagon Can’t Account for Nearly $1 Billion It Spent
AUG 3 2015, 5:03 PM ET
Pentagon Can’t Account for Nearly $1 Billion It Spent
by JULIA HARTE, CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY
A version of this story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
The Secretary of … Read More
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Instead of War Coalition Meeting
Monday, August 3
7:00 pm
World Community Center, 438 N Skinker
The Instead of War Coalition meets the first Monday of every month. If it is your first meeting, please contact staff@insteadofwar.org prior to the meeting.
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