Nuclear weapons are a threat to our world
Op-ed in The Hickory Record by Dr. Bert Crain, Western North Carolina PSR.
Let’s eliminate nuclear weapons now
Letter to the editor in the Tampa Bay Times from PSR Florida’s Dr. Lynn Ringenberg.
Hiroshima, the INF treaty and the decline of U.S. arms control leadership
Op-ed in The Hill by PSR board member Dr. Robert Dodge on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings.
Hiroshima and the New Arms Race—No Winners
Op-ed in Common Dreams by Dr. Robert Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles and National PSR board member.
On nuclear anniversaries, support no-first-use policy
Letter to the editor in the Seattle Times by PSR member and family doctor Chris Covert-Bowlds, MD.
Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty
PSR firmly opposes President Donald Trump’s dangerous decision to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Read our statement.
Physicians and the Threat of Nuclear War
Commentary from Drs. Robert Peter Gale and David G. Nathan in The ASCO Post on the public health threat of nuclear war and the history of PSR and IPPNW’s work.
House of Representatives Rebuffs Trump Administration in Key Defense Spending Votes
On July 12, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, to the tune of $733 billion. During NDAA deliberations, the House voted on a plethora of foreign policy and nuclear weapons-related amendments. PSR was adamantly opposed to an amendment introduced by Representative Mike Turner (R-OH) that would have reinstated funding for the …
Oregon PSR disarmament resolution wins in the state legislature
On June 24, Oregon’s House of Representatives voted to approve Senate Joint Memorial 5 (SJM 5), which urges congress to lead a global effort to reduce the threat of nuclear war, making it the second state in the nation after California to pass such legislation in both legislative chambers. The bill was approved by the Oregon Senate on May 20th.
With support from PSR, House of Representatives votes to stop new nuclear weapons in Trump’s budget
There’s a new nuclear weapon that’s intended to lower the threshold for nuclear war: the “W76-2” warhead, a.k.a. the “easy-fire nuke.” This weapon has been branded rather euphemistically as a more “usable” nuclear weapon—meaning it has an even greater risk of being actually launched in a nuclear strike, with all the catastrophic damage to human …