Tag: nuclear weapons
Why the time-honored White House protest needs defending
There is a lot for us to do, and unless we have public space, we can’t do the work of building a different kind of society and a different kind of world.
Understanding the North Korea threat
If the U.S. could deter a much stronger Soviet Union from taking an isolated West Berlin for three decades, it can deter North Korea.
The U.S. is stockpiling nuclear arms, and the cost is astonishing
We're spending $1.2 trillion on weapons that invariably make the world a more dangerous place.
No president should have the authority to launch nuclear weapons
Trump and the nuclear 'football.'
‘De-certifying’ the Iran deal may be Trump’s most reckless decision yet
Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. Trump, on the other hand, is risking a war – and torching U.S. credibility.
Don’t let our ‘hair-trigger president’ start a nuclear war
The U.S. nuclear system was already dangerous, irresponsible, insane. It can only get worse with Trump holding his finger on the trigger.
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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
It was the rage of the age
Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?