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80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations
More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...
Huron Daily Tribune13h
Book Review: ‘The Hiroshima Men’ is a reminder of the horrific human costs of atomic attack
Author and historian Iain MacGregor profiles a diverse range of players in his latest book about the first atomic bomb used ...
Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945, although there have been close calls.
80 Years After the Trinity Atomic Blast, New Mexico’s Downwinders May Finally See Reparations
Generations of survivors of the world’s first nuclear bomb test have been excluded from any federal compensation.
Truthout16hOpinion
80 Years After the Trinity Nuke Test, We’re Still Living an Atomic Nightmare
We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.
Opinion
The Gazette18hOpinion
What you can do about nuclear weapons- 80 years after Trinity blast
The first atomic bomb was tested that morning, the result of the U.S. Manhattan Project to develop the ultimate weapon. Just weeks later the U.S. would drop atomic bombs on Japan, destroying the ...
Eighty Years After the First Nuke Test, the World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads
On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted into being, with the atomic bomb’s first test, code-named Trinity, in the desert of ...
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New Mexico’s forgotten 1979 uranium catastrophe that poisoned 80 miles of the Puerco River with radioactive sludge
Wikimedia Commons/EPA The 1979 Church Rock Uranium Spill United Nuclear Corporation ran the largest underground uranium mine in the United States at Church Rock, New Mexico. The operation pulled over ...
Nobel Laureates, experts gather at University of Chicago, call for action to avert nuclear war
Experts warned at a panel discussion Wednesday that the threat of nuclear war is increasing — but unlike in years past, many ...
Nature1dOpinion
AI and misinformation are supercharging the risk of nuclear war
Emerging dangers are reshaping the landscape of nuclear deterrence and increasing the threat of mutual annihilation.
Opinion
The Iola Register1dOpinion
New Mexico summer ‘snow’ was atomic bomb fallout
The Trinity test wasn’t conducted on barren, uninhabited land. Half a million people lived within 150 miles of the explosion, some as close as 12 miles away. Eric S. Singer July 16 is the 80th ...