The Botched Execution of Christa Pike
by Christina Yao Pelliccioni The Christa Pike case has led to many different twists, turns, and inconsistencies. To start with the facts, Christa Pike was sentenced to death after murdering her classmate in 1995. On September 30, she was given two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital. After she survived, she was taken to the hospital….
Referendums for November 3, 2026: Voting Against Violence
by Rachel MacNair Since 2020, we’ve been running a project website that tracks U.S. state and local referendums dealing with socially-approved killing of human beings (abortion, the death penalty, euthanasia, war), or related structural violence that leads to killing (poverty and discriminatory practices). Peace and Life Referendums Abortion is frequently a ballot topic, especially since…
Scandals with Mirror Images
by Rachel MacNair A video clip I saw recently offers a point I’ve thought of for a long time. Since it’s Chuck Todd making the point, and he’s a news analyst of long stature, the point has more heft than me just thinking it alone. He says it’s a theory he’s not 100% certain of,…
One Catholic Case Against Nuclear Deterrence
compiled by Fr. Jim Hewes By the end of 1945, the blast, heat, and radiation of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had killed an estimated 74,000 human beings made in the image of God in Nagasaki and 140,000 human beings made in the image of God in Hiroshima. Most were civilians. Many…
Reaching the Chaplain that Blessed the Bomb
by Jim Hewes Fr. Charlie McCarthy [Emanuel Charles McCarthy] once told me about a conference he was to give to the priests of the Diocese of Detroit. The Cardinal sent a letter asking all of his 800 priests to come to Charlie’s presentation. When he got there, only 8 had come. Yet Charlie gave…
Orphans of Hiroshima
by Sarah Terzo On August 6, 1945, the United States military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This one of a series on Hiroshima orphans. The rest of the series can be found on my Substack. The stories in this article are from Dr. Arata Osada’s Children of Hiroshima, which was published in Japan…
Advocating for Peace and Recognition: The Overlooked Korean Victims of the Atomic Bombings
by John Whitehead The United States’ atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are among the most infamous acts of violence in history. The bombings of Japan have been a subject of remembrance, analysis, and debate for over 80 years. Nevertheless, even such well-known events have aspects that many people remain unaware of. One aspect of…
Abortion Bans and Women’s Welfare: Are the Laws Really to Blame?
Jacqueline Harvey Abernathy, Ph.D. When Roe v. Wade was overturned four years ago, abortion advocates insisted that protecting unborn children from intentional death would assuredly cause the deaths and other suffering of women. Since the Dobbs decision, there seems to be no tragic circumstance that isn’t blamed on abortion bans. This makes it difficult…
Planned Parenthood and Financial Fraud
by Rachel MacNair The documents below are pulled from the website Problems at Planned Parenthood, which specializes in offering a facts-only approach with voluminous documentation. Los Angeles, California Gonzalez Court Complaint Full court document on this page. Excerpt: Plaintiff/Relator . . . was employed as the Vice President of Finance & Administration with Planned Parenthood…
In Vitro Fertilization
by Jim Hewes The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed that embryos are children — bringing significant attention to the future of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatments in the state. The ruling followed lawsuits filed by several couples who were suing for wrongful death after an IVF clinic carelessly dropped and destroyed their frozen embryonic children. Then Alabama lawmakers…