nuclear weapons
Time for a 21st century U.S. foreign policy
March 25, 2014With 16,000 of the world's 17,000 nuclear bombs in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. should certainly not be fanning the fires for a new cold war after the distressing events in Crimea and the Ukraine.
Read moreNuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best
March 11, 2014The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another...
Read moreToday in labor history: No more Hiroshimas or Nagasakis
August 6, 2013The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the only two cases of using a nuclear weapon against civilians.
Read moreJapan’s right: going nuke?
October 17, 2012Behind the current impasse over five tiny specks of land in the East China Sea is an influential right-wing movement in Japan.
Read moreAnti-nuclear weapons activist returns to prison
August 24, 2012With prayer and song, dozens of supporters saw anti-nuclear weapons campaigner Susan Crane back to prison.
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