Author: Nancy Goldner

The New Sentinel Intercontinental Missile: Dangerous, Costly and Unnecessary

April 8, 2025 Nancy Goldner

By Nancy Goldner, Jonathan King, and Richard Krushnic The world is awash in nuclear weapons with an astonishing overkill capacity. Just in the US, there are 400 land-based intercontinental missiles, hundreds of nuclear bombs mounted on B52 and B2 bombers, and 14 nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, […]

Challenging the Military’s Recruitment in our Schools

November 21, 2023 Nancy Goldner

by Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean When the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002, US military recruiters gained access to American high schools on a basis equivalent to recruiters for colleges and civilian employers. The Act also mandated that the contact information […]

Signs of militarism at East Boston High School: sign at school entrance advertising the JROTC Military Ball; cadets distributing literature at commencement, June 16, 2023; Mayor Michelle Wu greeting students wearing the schools' F-15 insignia during her visit, 2022.

Demilitarizing Civilian Life: Counter Recruitment at East Boston High School

June 24, 2023 Nancy Goldner

By Nancy Goldner and Rosemary Kean Thousands of public high schools students are enrolled without their consent in Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) classes taught by military veterans, according to a recent New York Times investigation. JROTC enrollment data from more than 200 public […]