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Memorial Days: the racial underpinnings of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

By Elaine Scarry | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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National Guard: Between protests and pandemics, no room for hurricane season?

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis

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Why is tear gas banned in war but not from peaceful protests?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies

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

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