For us, threats like nuclear war, climate change or pandemics might spell our doom. They’re already here. From Roswell to The Lubbock Lights, there …
Why Yoko Ono’s Music Matters
… including the crack epidemic, the tail end of the Cold War, AIDS, Reaganomics, and the existential threat of nuclear war. She always used her music …
UMass hosts Daniel Ellsberg Conference
Professor Christian G. Appy, best known for his books on the Vietnam War and his … He was researching Ellsberg’s work on nuclear weapons. “A lot of …
Why China Is Embracing ‘Underwater’ Nuclear Weapons (On Submarines)
The Type 094A, or modified Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), was showcased late last month as part of a celebration marking …
Radwaste leak reported at US Hanford site
WDE’s Nuclear Waste Programme, along with the US Environmental … The Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established during World War II and is …
SCOTT DREYER: Roanokers Need to Gather Around National Day of Prayer
(source) In 1952, in the chilling days of the Cold War when nuclear war with the USSR seemed always imminent, President Truman declared such a …
Rep. Joe Wilson eyes $525 million for Savannah River Site nuke projects
U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson wants hundreds of millions of dollars appropriated for a pair of nuclear weapons ventures at the Savannah River Site, a storied …
Doomsday architecture: A house six feet under (Part One of Three)
Now, the fear of economic collapse, world nuclear wars, civil unrest, a natural disaster or the next pandemic, is driving more people to buy or build …
Opinion: The Cold War pitfalls that Biden’s China policy should avoid
In asking Congress in 1955 to fund a national network of highways, President Dwight D. Eisenhower cited the need, “in case of an atomic attack on our …
Ellsberg, Snowden say facts keep the government in check
“Averting nuclear war was my highest priority,” said Ellsberg, who said he also wanted to stop the Vietnam War. Ellsberg said he’d always taken pride …