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Guest Essay: We Never Set Out to Change the World—We Just Wanted to Protect Our Families
JUst moms stl founders Just wanted answers If someone had told us years ago that we would spend over a decade sitting across the table from members of Congress, EPA Administrators, scientists, attorneys, and federal agencies, we would have laughed. We weren’t looking for this life. We were just two moms who wanted answers. We…
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Guest Essay: Yakama Life Pathways: Insight from a Yakama Tribal
Perspective By Trina D. Sherwood, Cultural Specialist of Yakama Nation From the womb and infancy, we learn the language of our parents, extended family and grandparents (if we’re lucky). It is from the womb that we hear the heartbeat of our mother and that is the sound that I learned to soothe a myálas (baby). A baby…
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How Philadelphia Joined the Global Movement for Nuclear Weapons Divestment
On Nov. 20, 2025, the Philadelphia City Council passed a City Council resolution in favor of nuclear weapons divestment! The resolution calls on the City of Philadelphia Board of Pensions and Retirement to invest in what residents need, such as safe and healthy homes, affordable transit, working utilities, and childcare, rather than weapons that threaten…
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A House of Dynamite: A Powerful Reminder That Chicago Is a Nuclear Target — and Yet There Is Hope
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is about to hit Chicago. Officials in the White House Situation Room and the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) are scrambling to address this nuclear crisis, the origin of which is unknown. They have only 18 minutes to intercept the missile. Can the U.S. missile defense system intercept this nuclear-armed ICBM—like…
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Guest Essay: Yakama Nation and the Manhattan Project on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
Introduction: The Creator placed all his creations (water, salmon, deer, roots, berries) here to give their voice to the tíin (human) to speak on their behalf. Those humans are the Yakama Nation (Yakama) who have taken on the role as stewards of the air, tiichám (land), and chíish (water.) The Yakama is composed of fourteen…
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Guest Essay: The Evanston Township High School Peace Messengers Club
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…
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City Diplomacy and Nuclear Policy: How U.S. Cities Can Acknowledge Their Own Nuclear Legacies
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…