Seeds Of Peace
To the Seeds of Peace Community, I’m writing to share the difficult news that we have decided to cancel both sessions of the Seeds of Peace Camp for this summer…
My Brother’s Keeper (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=numYjxiTWcc MY BROTHER’S KEEPER shares the story of returning war veteran SFC Travis Fox (TC Stallings) who has one more battle to fight - PTSD. Fox and his best friend…
As the coronavirus pandemic grows, gun sales are surging in many states
Some first-time gun buyers fear a social order breakdown and some gun owners worry about potential firearms restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic. David Stone snagged a cardboard box of .223-caliber…
Bill Gates predicted world wouldn’t cope with ‘highly infectious’ virus five years ago
A TED Talk in which billionaire entrepreneur Bill Gates predicted that the world would struggle to cope with a “highly infectious virus” five years ago has resurfaced amid the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Notturno (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuKnAu_VO4&feature=youtu.be Notturno was shot over the past three years along the borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon. A region where tyranny, invasions and terrorism have fed off each other…
‘Law. Not War.’ – Special Event honouring Ben Ferencz on his 101st Birthday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkXBfAmwWFY The Nuremberg Academy held a special online event in honor of and with live participation of Benjamin ‘Ben’ Ferencz on his 101st birthday on 11 March 2021. Deputy Director…
Writing a Family Memoir When Your Grandfather Was Stalin’s Bodyguard
By Jennifer Szalai When the poet Osip Mandelstam was arrested by the Soviet secret police in the 1930s, he was taken to the notorious Lubyanka prison for interrogation. He drew a…
Before the Clyburn Endorsement, an Elderly Church Usher With a Question
Jannie Jones is the 76-year-old woman who had to know who Representative James Clyburn was voting for in the South Carolina primary. Did her question change the Democratic presidential race?…
The Man Who Won’t Let the World Forget the Firebombing of Tokyo
As a child, Katsumoto Saotome barely escaped the air raids over Tokyo that killed as many as 100,000 people. He has spent much of his life fighting to honor the…
Midwest farmers face a crisis. Hundreds are dying by suicide.
Katie Wedell, Lucille Sherman and Sky Chadde, USA TODAY Network6:00 a.m. EDT Mar. 9, 2020 One by one, the three men from the same close-knit community took their own lives.…