Film

Dr. Kurosawa (and Learning to Fear the Bomb Again)

Hunter Derensis / Responsible Statecraft Feb 4, 2025 A minor 1955 film from the Japanese master offers a visceral view of nuclear anxiety that is weighted with more relevance than recent Cold War thrillers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Military

Masters of (Nuclear) War

Hekmat Aboukhater, William Hartung / TomDispatch Aug 9, 2024 Inside the Senate ICBM Coalition and the wider nuclear weapons lobby. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Military

The Heritage Foundation Is Pushing a Nuclear Arms Race

William Hartung / Responsible Statecraft Aug 5, 2024 The think tank asserts that its proposals are meant to prevent, rather than spark, a conflict. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Military

The Looming Threat of Renewed U.S. Nuclear Testing

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Jul 1, 2024 The U.S. led the stop of testing nuclear weapons in 1992, but a resumption may ride on November's election. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Film

The Restless Radicalism of ‘Planet of the Apes’

Siddhant Adlakha / Truthdig May 9, 2024 Wes Ball’s reboot continues a 60-year tradition of slyly shape-shifting critiques by Hollywood’s longest-running sci-fi series. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Let’s Not Nuclearize the Heavens

John Strausbaugh / Truthdig Apr 30, 2024 Russia’s emergent nuclear anti-satellite program highlights the dangers of viewing outer space as a battleground. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Is This Our Play?

Peter Kuper Apr 15, 2024 Dig deeper

Military

We Can’t Let Nuclear Weapons Into Outer Space

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Feb 29, 2024 International pressure must be applied on Moscow to prevent the spark for a new cold war that threatens the future of space security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

At the Brink: Contemplating the Unimaginable Costs of Nuclear War

Andrea Mazzarino / TomDispatch Oct 2, 2023 Contemplating the unimaginable costs of a nuclear war. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Profiteers of Armageddon

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Aug 1, 2023 "Oppenheimer" misses crucial aspects of the story— including how America’s nuclear-industrial complex profits on the arms race. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Book Review

Life on the Brink: Jonathan Schell and the Legacy of Los Alamos

Alexander Zaitchik / The New Republic Jul 20, 2023 The nuclear genie can never be stuffed back into the bottle. But are we condemned to live forever on the edge of annihilation? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Humanity Is Riding Delusion to Extinction

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 2, 2019 This has been the case since at least 1914. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )