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A uranium mining area in New Mexico. Gravel in the background covers mine tailings. (Credit: Netherzone via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0)

No justice is possible without studying the injustices of nuclear weapons

By Mari Faines | Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

A segregated drinking fountain.

Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about Black people jeopardizes democracy for all

By Angela R. Pashayan | Disruptive Technologies

A police officer with a camera.

It’s time to address facial recognition, the most troubling law enforcement AI tool

By Trenton W. Ford | Artificial Intelligence

An online pandemic: disinformation targeted at Black communities

By Angela R. Pashayan | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Trump and violence in 2020: a timeline of incitement

By Matt Field, Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

A post by Kevin Mathewson.

A man who had urged armed resistance to Kenosha protestors kept up a Facebook account, even after the company purged his “militia” group

By Matt Field | Technology and Security

The “Calutron Girls” of the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee

A call for antiracist action and accountability in the US nuclear community

By Katlyn M. Turner, Lauren J. Borja, Denia Djokić, Madicken Munk, Aditi Verma | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

A looted Chicago storefront

What the protests tell us: Invest in social equity, not nuclear weapons

By Rachel Bronson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security