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Question for the candidates: Will the United States sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre | Nuclear Weapons

Antinuclear activist march to mark the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York, January 20, 2023. - The TPNW, the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons, entered into force on January 22, 2021. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Nuclear deterrence is the existential threat, not the nuclear ban treaty

By Ivana Nikolić Hughes, Xanthe Hall, Ira Helfand, Mays Smithwick | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Turn back the Clock: The nuclear ban treaty is entering into force

By Talei Luscia Mangioni, Alicia Sanders-Zakre | Doomsday Clock, Nuclear Weapons

ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn (left) and ICAN coordinator Daniel Hogsta at a press conference after the group won the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2017.

Beatrice Fihn: How to implement the nuclear weapons ban treaty

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Weapons

beatrice fihn ican abolish nuclear weapons

Beatrice Fihn explains why nuclear weapons are a scam

By Elisabeth Eaves | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons