Climate Change Isn’t the Only Fire We Should Be Worried About Climate Change Isn’t the Only Fire We Should Be Worried About
If climate change threatens human life as we know it, so does another potential form of “fire”—nuclear weaponry.
Feb 12, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon
Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis
How the new president can keep the world safe from nuclear annihilation.
Jan 19, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal. Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal.
The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law.
Oct 27, 2020 / Ray Acheson
Our Nation Needs a Wake-Up Call to the Nuclear Threat Our Nation Needs a Wake-Up Call to the Nuclear Threat
A new book sounds the alarm.
Jul 7, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight
We’re facing two existential dangers simultaneously: nuclear war and climate change.
Jan 28, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stumbling Toward Doomsday Stumbling Toward Doomsday
With the Doomsday Clock now set to 100 seconds to midnight, elder statesmen and scientists urge action.
Jan 23, 2020 / James Carden
From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, alternatives do exist to the deep divisions in Europe.
Nov 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest
Catholic activists argued that their faith, and international law, allowed them to stage a protest at a nuclear facility in Georgia. But last week they were convicted in a US distr...
Oct 31, 2019 / Sam Husseini
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
The members of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 face decades in prison for their nonviolent direct action at a naval base last year.
Oct 21, 2019 / Sam Husseini
When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons
Both are existential threats, but only one is getting the attention it deserves.
Oct 14, 2019 / Matt Korda