Tag Archives: Iran

In this week’s episode, we air the first part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Both men share stories of their own incarceration, and describe life in a Maximum Restraint Unit. As Big R puts it, when you leave general population for the MRU, “you’re in a whole different place …

The dramatic escalation of tensions started last Friday with the killing of Iran’s top military leader, Qassem Soleimani. The killing was approved by President Trump and carried out by a drone missile strike in Iraq. Soleimani was the leader of Iran’s regional military intervention and a revered figure in Iran. Soleimani’s burial on Wednesday came just hours after Iran retaliated …

The Richland Bean Blossom School Board established a bond for the School Corporation Treasurer, Deputy Treasurer and Extra Curricular Accounts Treasurer. Planner Drew Myers proposed a buildable area variance for an attached double car garage to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Myers said a single car garage variance was approved for the property in 2019. The events of the past …

Anti-War protesters gathered on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn, yesterday. The demonstrators told WFHB they’re trying to build an anti-war coalition, to oppose national escalations against Iran. About two dozen demonstrators waved signs at passing cars and spoke against U.S. antagonism in the greater Middle East. Speakers included veterans, activists, and academics. IU College Democrats’ Bryce Greene was one of …

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of the Trump administration’s decision to ban travel from Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. The administration cited national security concerns as the reason for the proposed travel ban, which many critics were quick to call prejudiced against Muslims. In this week’s Voices in the Street, we asked …

On October 11, Geoff Wilson of the Ploughshares Fund in Washington, DC spoke about the Trump administration’s planned $1 trillion nuclear weapons escalation and the growing risks of war with North Korea and Iran. The Bloomington Peace Action Coalition co-sponsored the talk, alongside the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, the Just Peace Task Force of the Unitarian Universalist …

On Thursday, October 17th Former Congressman Lee Hamilton discussed the prospect of diplomacy with Iran. Lee H. Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. From 1965 to 1999 he served Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives, where his chairmanships included the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Committee to …