How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World

A year after 122 nations adopted a nuclear-weapons ban, the treaty is showing results.

Ray Acheson

Art in Action in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Sculptures created to bring awareness about the need for water protection and the explosive crude fracked oil brought by rail through the center of the city.

Susan Simensky Bietila

Letters From the April 23, 2018, Issue

Enlighten us!… The renewable solution… Let them feel our fear…

Our Readers

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility.

Gregg Levine

The People Who Made a Nuclear-Weapons-Prohibition Treaty Possible

ICAN’s visionary work has brought us that much closer to a nuclear-free world—and won them a Nobel Peace Prize in the process.

Ari Beser

The US Has Military Bases in 80 Countries. All of Them Must Close.

US bases are wreaking havoc to the health and well-being of communities across the world.

Alice Slater

Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History

The real sanitization of the past happened when the statues were put up. To correct the record, a museum of Reconstruction should take their place.

Scott P. Marler

As We Approach the Peoples Climate March, Here Are Six Ways to Fight to Save the Planet

The stakes are higher than ever before.

Brandon Jordan

Trump Is Alt-Wrong

Peter Kuper

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Katrina vanden Heuvel