Monthly Archives: April 2016

How Not to Audit the Pentagon

Posted on April 11, 2016 by peace

Five Decades Later, the Military Waste Machine Is Running Full Speed Ahead

By William D. Hartung

From spending $150 million on private villas for a handful of personnel in Afghanistan to blowing $2.7 billion on an air surveillance balloon that doesn’t work, … Read More

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Inside War Ravaged Syria

Posted on April 7, 2016 by peace

by Andrew Katz
April 7, 2016
Italian photographer Lorenzo Meloni documented the wrath of war in Homs, Aleppo and Palmyra

The killing fields in Syria spread quickly. Blood has spilled from streets to neighborhoods, urban centers out to the countryside, and eventually … Read More

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“Peace Officer” Screening

Posted on April 6, 2016 by peace

Wednesday, April 6
7:00-9:00pm
Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum

Peace Officer shows the increasingly tense relationship between law enforcement and the public through the eyes of someone who’s been on both sides: a former sheriff who established … Read More

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EU Deports First Group Of Migrants To Turkey

Posted on April 4, 2016 by peace

by Merrit Kennedy
April 4, 2016

The European Union has started deporting migrants from Greece as part of its controversial deal with Turkey. The agreement, aimed at stemming the massive flow of migrants into the EU, has been widely criticized by … Read More

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