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Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement

November 11, 2018 Comments Off on Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement

This article covers Washington PSR’s work on nuclear weapons abolition.

Minuteman Missile

Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Is One of Trump’s Most Dangerous Moves Yet

November 2, 2018 Comments Off on Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Is One of Trump’s Most Dangerous Moves Yet

Op-ed by Martin Fleck, Director of PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program, in Foreign Policy in Focus.

We Have 12 Years to Save—or Lose—Our Only Home

November 1, 2018 Comments Off on We Have 12 Years to Save—or Lose—Our Only Home

Op-ed by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein in Common Dreams.

Nuclear Attack: Destruction of Medical Infrastructure. Hiroshima 1945 - Nurses: 88% dead; Hospitals: 80% destroyed; Doctors: 90% dead.

Nuclear Weapons Fright! Trump’s INF Treaty Pull-out, Nuke War’s Impact–Robert Dodge of PSR

October 31, 2018 Comments Off on Nuclear Weapons Fright! Trump’s INF Treaty Pull-out, Nuke War’s Impact–Robert Dodge of PSR

Nuclear Hotseat Podcast interview with PSR Board Member Dr. Robert Dodge.

The Clock Is Ticking on Addressing Climate Change—Med Students Can Help

October 29, 2018 Comments Off on The Clock Is Ticking on Addressing Climate Change—Med Students Can Help

Op-ed by Student PSR member Sidhant Gugale, a second year medical student at Drexel College of Medicine in Philadelphia.

What is the “INF” and why does it matter?

October 25, 2018 Comments Off on What is the “INF” and why does it matter?

In December, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. On October 21st of this year, President Donald Trump…

Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Makes the U.S., and the World, Less Safe

October 22, 2018 Comments Off on Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Makes the U.S., and the World, Less Safe

Withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty would make United States citizens less safe and increase the risk of nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

Texans can determine the future of planet Earth

October 18, 2018 Comments Off on Texans can determine the future of planet Earth

Op-ed from Texas PSR’s Matt McCurdy, MD for the Houston Chronicle.

Madison can help abolish nuclear weapons

October 15, 2018 Comments Off on Madison can help abolish nuclear weapons

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Robert Dodge, MD for The Capital Times.

I am going all in on Initiative 1631

October 12, 2018 Comments Off on I am going all in on Initiative 1631

Op-ed by Washington PSR’s Mark Vossler, MD for the Redmond Reporter.