by Susan | Jul 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 16, 1979 The largest release of radioactive material in the U.S. occurred in the Navajo Nation. More than 1200 metric tons (1,100 tons) of uranium tailings (mining waste) and 378 million liters (100 million gallons) of radioactive water burst through a packed-mud...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1917 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Committee of the Red Cross (Comité international de la Croix Rouge), based in Switzerland, for undertaking the tremendous task of trying to protect the rights of the many prisoners of war on all sides...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2016 | Friday's Film
Opening July 15 @ the Bijou: Nia and Silas, work together in a futuristic society known as “The Collective.” A seemingly utopian world, “The Collective” has ended crime and violence by genetically eliminating all human emotions. Despite this, Nia and...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 15, 1958 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized Operation Blue Bat, the first application of the Eisenhower Doctrine under which the U.S. announced that it would intervene to protect regimes it considered threatened by international communism. The goal was...
by Susan | Jul 14, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
In 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918 and 1919 the Nobel Committee did not award a Peace Prize because of World War I. Although no official records exist, they appear to have been torn between having their dreams of peace shattered by this horrific war and a feeling that now,...
