Plutonium pit: reviving a dangerous, unnecessary nuclear pipeline

By Kimmy Igla For decades, since the closure of the notorious Rocky Flats plant for environmental crimes, the United States has not produced new plutonium pits—the radioactive cores of nuclear warheads. Now, a dangerous and costly plan is underway to restart and...

What “Nuclear Justice” Means

Benetick Kabua Maddison Executive Director, Marshallese Educational Initiative Op-Ed published in the Marshall Islands Journal, May 26,…

3 steps to take re Trump’s threat to test nukes

By Kristin Scheer In an Oct. 31 e-mail, the group Back from the Brink addresses concerns about President Donald Trump’s vague social media post Oct. 29 threatening to resume nuclear weapon testing. By Nov. 2, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News,...
Ann Suellentrop shares public health fight to save our country

Ann Suellentrop shares public health fight to save our country

“Welcome to the fight. Welcome to the movement. Your mission begins now.” That was the opening message to 6,000 public health advocates at the annual meeting in DC of the American Public Health Association (APHA). The 6,000 were painfully aware of fired public health...