Nuclear Disarmament

Advocates rallied for divestment from WMD and fossil fuels, Massachusetts State House, May 20, 2025. Photo: Fran Jeffries/ MAPA
Nuclear Disarmament

A Day of Action for Divestment

May 21, 2025 Grace Cowell
In collaboration with Warheads to Windmills, the Coalition for Responsible Investment, and Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, MAPA held a lobby day at the State House on Tuesday, May 21. Over 30 advocates gathered in teams to lobby members of the state legislature on two […]
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Nuclear Ban Week 2025

March 26, 2025 Olivia Bouscaud
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 […]
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Compensation, Not Modernization

February 27, 2025 Zoe Curtaz
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, […]
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Navigating the Nuclear Landscape Under Trump

February 13, 2025 Zoe Curtaz
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 […]
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Doomsday: The Unraveling of Time

January 29, 2025 Jania James
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 […]
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Thermonuclear Crack

January 29, 2025 Bill Astore
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 […]