August includes anniversaries related to major challenges directly affecting lives of all Oregonians — nuclear war and voting rights. The final words of …
US Leaders Have Shown They Can Destroy Humanity – We Must Stop Them From Doing It Again
Recent moves in Washington have made the threat of nuclear war much more real. The Trump administration has pulled out of Cold War era arms …
This Was The Largest Conventional Explosion America Ever Set-Off
The deliberate detonation of nearly 4,750 tons of explosives was meant to simulate the effects of a small nuclear bomb. By Joseph TrevithickAugust 6, …
Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons “immoral”
6, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima by calling for peace and repeating that not only the use of atomic weapons but …
Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons “immoral”
Pope Francis has marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attack on … of war is immoral, just as the possessing of nuclear weapons is immoral.”.
Hiroshima survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the …
Survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing … “As the only nation to suffer a nuclear attack, Japan must persuade the …
Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons “immoral”
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima by calling for peace and repeating that not …
Hiroshima Day: The unimaginable consequences of a nuclear war in South Asia
On August 6, 1945, at the height of World War II, a US B-29 bomber made its way over Hiroshima before deploying ‘Little Boy,’ a nuclear payload that …
Hiroshima and the new nuclear arms race — no winners
At the height of the Cold War there were in excess of 60,000 nuclear weapons. This resulted from a false sense of security derived from the theory of …