by Olivia Bouscaud During the week of March 3rd, representatives of states and civil society organizations gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the Third Meeting of State Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Massachusetts participants included […]
by Zoe Curtaz In 2024, the U.S. began its Nuclear Modernization program to update its nuclear strategic forces, an endeavor that will cost $1.5 trillion over its lifetime. Yet even as the nation is set to move forward, the mistakes of the past remain unresolved, […]
by Zoe Curtaz With just 89 seconds to midnight, the newly reinstated Trump administration poses a significant liability to addressing urgent global risks – including the ever-dangerous nuclear crisis. In his first term, Trump revealed his willingness to ignore international standards by pulling out of […]
by Jania James We were warned. The signs were there, etched into the melting glaciers, whispered through the dying forests, and screamed by the tempests that razed entire cities. And still, time slipped through our fingers. On January 28, 2025, the Bulletin of the Atomic […]
The Death Wish of the “Elites” by Bill Astore Originally published at Bill Astore’s Bracing Views Substack. Isn’t it high time we “augment” our nuclear force “posture”? Shouldn’t we fight to achieve peace through nuclear “strength” and “deterrence”? Isn’t it smart to “refurbish, rebuild, and […]
by Merri Ansara On Saturday, Dec. 14, around 35 people marched a mile and a half through Holyoke to City Hall calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat. Called by residents of Holyoke, people from a number of nearby towns […]
by Joseph Gerson This piece was originally published in Common Dreams. With humanity facing the greatest danger of nuclear apocalypse since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize wisely refocuses world attention on the urgency of renewing nuclear disarmament diplomacy. The following […]
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