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Democratic Debates

Nuclear launch console.

Hot-button campaign issue: 2020 Democrats disagree on nuclear launch authority

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Deval Patrick speaking in Denver in 2008.

Deval Patrick: the latest presidential candidate to be uninformed on nuclear weapons

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

map of projected flooded land in Miami

Activists: You can’t come to Miami without talking about climate change

By Nicole Javorsky | Analysis, Climate Change