It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change

It’s 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Existential Threats Posed by Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change

On January 23, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical hands of the “Doomsday Clock” to 100 seconds to midnight.  The Bulletin’s advisory group has been assessing the threat posed to humanity by its own activities since 1945. Until recently, that...
United for Peace & Justice Calls for a New Foreign Policy

United for Peace & Justice Calls for a New Foreign Policy

Endless wars since 2001 have caused death and destruction across the Middle East. Initiated after the 9/11 attacks, these wars have not ended terrorism.  Instead they have fueled the rise of ever more virulent conflict. The costs in blood, human suffering, and...