The road to Armageddon — our two existential threats and the 2020 presidential race
Op-ed in The Hill by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR Board Member.
Evanston takes stand against nuclear conflict
Letter to the Editor in the Daily Herald by Sarah Lovinger, MD, PSR Chicago.
Cities in the Crosshairs Are Pushing Back Against Nuclear Weapons
Article in Truthout quoting Alex Jasset, nuclear threats program associate at PSR-Los Angeles.
Physicians for Social Responsibility: The U.S. Assassination of Major General Qassem Suleimani Underscores the Urgent Need to Reenter the Iran Deal
On January 2, President Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian military commander, Major General Qassem Suleimani. This move comes in the wake of several other recent incidents that have risked sparking potential war and increased the risk of nuclear conflict.
Let’s ‘START’ the Year Off Right!
We need your help to get support for extending New START in the halls of Congress.
Why the U.S. nuclear weapons policy needs to be discussed in the Democratic debate
Op-ed in The Sacramento Bee by Denise Duffield, PSR Los Angeles, and David Wright.
Springfield City Council needs to speak out against nuclear weapons
Op-ed for MassLive by Ira Helfand, MD, PSR board member, and Sean Meyer.
Montgomery County, MD becomes becomes first county to pass a Back from the Brink resolution
On Dec 10, 2019, Montgomery County Council in Maryland passed a Back from the Brink resolution, becoming the first county council in the United States to do so. The resolution calls on Maryland’s congressional delegation to take commonsense steps to prevent nuclear war. This milestone was achieved thanks to the hard work of Maryland Peace …
After cutting 700,000 people off food stamps, the U.S. provides excessive funding to programs that enable human destruction
On December 4, the Trump administration approved a rules change around Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits—commonly referred to as food stamps—which will remove up to 688,000 adults from participating in the program unless they find part-time work. While some estimates predict this change will save the U.S. $5 billion over 5 years, anti-hunger …
U.S. should build trust, join Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
Letter to the editor in the Hickory Daily Record by PSR member Bert Crain, MD.