When I was in my sophomore year of high school, I met survivors and descendants of survivors of the atomic bombings of Nagasaki at my church. Their visit to Evanston was coordinated by Hirokazu Miyazaki, a professor at Northwestern University and a  Peace Correspondent of Nagasaki. I almost missed listening to their talk, but my…

Every August, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reaffirm their commitments to peace and eliminating nuclear weapons through annual commemorations of the atomic bombings. Currently, city leaders around the world–– including many in the U.S.––are deeply engaged in addressing global challenges such as climate change, migration and refugee crises, and pandemics. Yet the pathways for…