Hedges: The Lie of American Innocence
Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.
January 22: Nuclear Weapons Illegal One Year
January 22 marked the one year since nuclear weapons were made illegal. Nine nations continue to reject this.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the World’s Future
As the first anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons approaches, the United States continues to express opposition.
Joseph Carson: A Whistleblower and Constant Thorn in the U.S. Government’s Side
The nuclear safety engineer has spent most of his career at the Energy Department challenging everything from the country’s nuclear weapons program to its whistleblower adjudication infrastructure.
Welcome to the American Century
By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a global war, Henry Luce,…
Hiroshima Is A Lie
Why do U.S. history teachers in U.S. elementary schools today — in 2021! — tell children that nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan to save lives — or rather “the…
An All-American Horror Story
Three-quarters of a century of nuclear follies — and that’s just for starters.
America’s $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Safer
Despite the fact that developments of the past year and a half have underscored that the greatest threats to American lives are anything but military in nature, the Biden administration…
Finding Hope for Humanity’s Survival at a 100 Seconds to Midnight
We seemed determined to destroy ourselves, whether through the accelerating heating of the globe over decades, or a nuclear conflagration any time we choose. The good news is the flame…