Film

From ‘Oppenheimer’ to ‘Repo Man’: Truthdig’s Guide to Nuclear Cinema

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2023 Surveying eight decades of onscreen atomic anxiety. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Christopher Nolan’s Plea, ‘Round About Midnight

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jul 20, 2023 “Oppenheimer” is an intimate, cautionary tale about the misery and the power of nuclear weapons. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wes Anderson’s Age of Anxieties

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig Jun 14, 2023 In “Asteroid City,” flying saucers and mushroom clouds cast shadows over the auteur’s signature palette. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Doomsday Clock

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World

The Ukraine War Proves We Need to Ban Nuclear Weapons

Jonathan Power / InDepth News Jan 20, 2023 There is no rational argument for the possession of nuclear weapons apart from the outdated military philosophy about deterrence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Loves Wasting Our Tax Money

Mandy Smithberger / TomDispatch Mar 4, 2020 The U.S. spends more than the next seven countries combined on a military that is seemingly incapable of either winning or ending any wars. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Trump Says Iran Appears to Be ‘Standing Down’ After Airstrike

ZEKE MILLER and DEB RIECHMANN / The Associated Press Jan 8, 2020 The president indicates he won't respond militarily after missile strike on Iraqi bases in which no one was harmed, tells of new sanctions. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Pope Denounces ‘Evil’ of Nuclear Weapons in Japan Trip

NICOLE WINFIELD and MARI YAMAGUCHI / The Associated Press Nov 23, 2019 He goes further than any other pontiff, saying merely having atomic bombs is to be condemned, ahead of his visits to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

North Korea Says It Won’t Give Trump a Summit for Free

KIM TONG-HYUNG / The Associated Press Nov 18, 2019 Foreign adviser puts conditions on future nuclear diplomacy: "We will no longer gift the U.S. president with something he can boast of." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We’ve Learned Nothing From the Cold War

James Caroll / TomDispatch Oct 28, 2019 This November anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall should offer an occasion to say no to repeating history. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Nuclear War Anywhere on Earth Would Be Our Doom

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Oct 3, 2019 As the potential for such a conflict in Asia heats up, scientists have chilling news for those far from the battleground: We will all suffer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

North Korea Fires Projectiles Hours After Offering Talks With U.S.

HYUNG-JIN KIM / The Associated Press Sep 9, 2019 The suggestion of resuming nuclear diplomacy with the two launches into the sea are seen as pressure on the Trump team to make concessions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )