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What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nov 7, 2024 | Nuclear Risk, 2024 election, 2024 presidential election, arms control, Donald Trump, European security, Gaza, Iran, Israel, NATO, New START, norms, North Korea, Project 2025, Russia-Ukraine war, Trump administration

Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Nov 7, 2024 | Climate Change, Opinion, climate change, climate crisis, democracy, election 2024, Fermi paradox, Trump administration

Kitty Tucker, founder of Supporters of Silkwood, describes how Karen Silkwood's car went off the road in 1974 and she was killed, as Father William Davis, investigator for the Silkwood family, listens during a press conference after the Supreme Court upheld the Silkwood family decision.

The death of Karen Silkwood—and the plutonium economy

By Robert Alvarez | Nov 8, 2024 | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Gerry Spence, Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee, Kitty Tucker, oil, plutonium, The Death of Karen Silkwood

Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more 

By | Nov 6, 2024 | Biosecurity, 2024 presidential election, Trump

Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

By Sara Goudarzi | Nov 6, 2024 | Disruptive Technologies, AI regulation, artificial intelligence, Biden, disruptive technologies, Donald Trump, drones, Elections, Elon Musk, misinformation

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Vector illustration of Trump silhouette against missile pattern background

What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nov 7, 2024 | Nuclear Risk, 2024 election, 2024 presidential election, arms control, Donald Trump, European security, Gaza, Iran, Israel, NATO, New START, norms, North Korea, Project 2025, Russia-Ukraine war, Trump administration

Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Nov 7, 2024 | Climate Change, Opinion, climate change, climate crisis, democracy, election 2024, Fermi paradox, Trump administration

Kitty Tucker, founder of Supporters of Silkwood, describes how Karen Silkwood's car went off the road in 1974 and she was killed, as Father William Davis, investigator for the Silkwood family, listens during a press conference after the Supreme Court upheld the Silkwood family decision.

The death of Karen Silkwood—and the plutonium economy

By Robert Alvarez | Nov 8, 2024 | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Gerry Spence, Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee, Kitty Tucker, oil, plutonium, The Death of Karen Silkwood

Post Article - Four Columns - White Background

Vector illustration of Trump silhouette against missile pattern background

What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

Welcome to the American petrostate

Kitty Tucker, founder of Supporters of Silkwood, describes how Karen Silkwood's car went off the road in 1974 and she was killed, as Father William Davis, investigator for the Silkwood family, listens during a press conference after the Supreme Court upheld the Silkwood family decision.

The death of Karen Silkwood—and the plutonium economy

Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more 

Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

Americans elect a climate change denier (again)

Mural artwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2016. Photo by Cebas1

After Trump’s victory, a divided Europe braces for its security without the United States

UN to conduct new study of the broad impacts of nuclear war. Not all countries want to know