In March of 1946, eight months after the atomic bomb was dropped, the city of Hiroshima stood in ruins. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)1946年3月、原爆が落とされた後8ヶ月目、ヒロシマの市街は残骸の中に立つ（写真：ウィキメデイア共有地）Seventy years ago, two nuclear weapons targeted against cities which met the criteria of having “densely packed workers’ homes,” killed more than 200,000 people in the Japanese cities of … [Read more...] about Our 70th Anniversary Homework: Confronting the Myths and Learning the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki/我々の70年記念宿題：神話に抗してヒロシマとナガサキの教訓を学ぶ
Emily Strasser: Letter from Hiroshima
Today marks seventy years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. On this day seventy years ago, my grandfather was working in the top-secret lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that was responsible for enriching the uranium that fueled the Hiroshima bomb. If he understood the extent of the project before news of the bombing crackled over the radio that day, I’ll never know. He would … [Read more...] about Emily Strasser: Letter from Hiroshima
Christian Appy, America’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 Years Later
OpEdNews Op Eds 8/4/2015 at 10:28:13 See original and reprinted versions … [Read more...] about Christian Appy, America’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 Years Later
An Angry Rap Video Is Roiling Indians Against Mercury Poisoning
The rap song, sung by Sofia Ashraf, exhorts Unilever to clean up the toxic site of its abandoned mercury thermometer factory and compensate hundreds of its workers who have been exposed to mercury poisoning. The factory moved to India after it was shut down in Watertown, N.Y., in the early 1980s when concern over mercury in the Great Lakes was at its peak.Continue... … [Read more...] about An Angry Rap Video Is Roiling Indians Against Mercury Poisoning
Four Demonstrably False Claims About The Iran Deal That Are Showing Up On The Opinion Pages
Conservative opposition to the internationally-negotiated deal to limit Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon has been the subject of numerous editorials and op-eds in U.S. newspapers that have pushed false information about the agreement and warned that it compromises U.S. and Israeli security, despite widespread praise from nuclear arms control experts who say the deal is … [Read more...] about Four Demonstrably False Claims About The Iran Deal That Are Showing Up On The Opinion Pages