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The experts comment: Key nuclear questions that the US presidential candidates should answer

Nuclear policy experts suggest questions that journalists and citizens should ask the 2024 presidential candidates.

The A1 Verse: America is an echo

Something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry.
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How to ignore the CDC’s new coronavirus guidelines, in six official White House photos

The CDC is recommending ways to avoid the airborne spread of COVID-19. Here’s a satirical guide to the new guidance.

US Senate prods the White House on cyber

Last August, before he got the boot as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson decided to shut down his department’s Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues. It struck many as a baffling decision. At a time when cyber threats are growing consistently graver, why would you deliberately pay less attention to them? Last Tuesday, when … Continued

Why this is a climate election—even if that hasn’t been apparent on the trail

The contortions required to knit electoral-college victory paths always make campaigns a lousy barometer of what presidents can and will do in office.
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Mark Cuban on AI, Elon Musk, and Big Tech’s influence on society and elections

Mark Cuban discusses Elon Musk, artificial intelligence, and Big Tech's influence on society and the elections.
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The A1 Verse: America’s fast-expanding disruption

Something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry.

The A1 Verse: Cold numbers

Something more than journalism, something that approaches … poetry.
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Discussion: Nuclear weapons policy and the US presidential election

Why should nuclear weapons be a major focus of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign? The day before Super Tuesday, the Bulletin hosted a global teleconference with authors from its special magazine issue on Nuclear Weapons Policy and the U.S. Presidential Election.
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Riots in the Capitol. Is this who we are?

Democracy requires a shared set of facts, a shared understanding of reality, a shared respect for some set of institutions that can referee what is true.
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What a MERS outbreak taught South Korea, why kids draw the coronavirus, and more: The best disruptive tech stories of 2020

Throughout the cataclysms of 2020, the Bulletin, its expert contributors, and its staff produced excellent work. Here are a few stories that are among the best we produced within the category we call disruptive technology.
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If the coronavirus outbreak grows, can a strained US health care system keep up?

An outbreak of a new coronavirus has claimed more than 1,000 lives, almost all in China. While there have only been 13 cases of the disease in the United States, there are signs that the health care system is already straining to deal with it.
Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.)

Prevent the outbreak of another global security threat. Extend New START.

Nothing would be so out of step with the national and international mood—and the United States’ own national interest—than opening the door to an expensive nuclear arms race in the midst of a devastating pandemic.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before Congress about social media regulation.

Dear President Biden: You should save, not revoke, Section 230

In a “memo” to the president-elect, law professor Eric Goldman asks Joe Biden to work to understand Section 230, an important law for social-media regulation, and ensure future reforms don’t diminish the society-wide benefits the law has had.

Climate change: Meet the generation gap

sense of despair and outrage among young people over climate change, indifference and dismissal among older relatives
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Debating US nuclear spending in the age of the coronavirus

The US nuclear budget is looking more and more unsustainable, especially amid the coronavirus pandemic. But supporters of the status quo can’t face up to the facts.

Why a substantive and verifiable no-first-use treaty for nuclear weapons is possible

The next US administration should respond positively to China’s invitation to negotiate a no-first-use nuclear weapons treaty.
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Memo to the president: Reimagining public health preparedness and response

The Biden administration must reestablish the emergency response doctrine that proved so fragile 5 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden focused on strategic stability. His successor should embrace arms control

Despite Biden's attempts to stave off crises, global nuclear buildups mean the next president will face a rocky road to arms control.
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How the coronavirus outbreak is like a nuclear attack: An interview with Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis discusses the parallels between the COVID-19 outbreak and events in his novel about a nuclear attack against the United States, set in March 2020.