u.s. nuclear policy

“Extraordinarily Destabilizing Decision”: Trump Denounced over Call to Immediately Resume Nuclear Tests

October 30, 2025

Democracy Now! interview with PSR Past President Ira Helfand, MD.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, Condemn the Recent Suggestion of Nuclear Testing by the U.S.

October 30, 2025

As physicians and health professionals, we condemn any and all nuclear weapons testing and de-stabilizing posturing. Regardless of intent, President Trump’s statement is a dangerous escalation that threatens global security and undermines decades of disarmament efforts, including the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Tell Congress: 100 Days to Prevent a Dangerous New Nuclear Arms Race

October 28, 2025

Your voice matters. Urge your Representative and Senators to co-sponsor these resolutions and publicly support a follow-on agreement before New START expires.

A House of Dynamite

October 12, 2025

Letter to the editor by Peter Wilk, MD, Past PSR President, in The Washington Post.

From Nagasaki, a Prescription for Survival

October 7, 2025

Op-ed by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR-Los Angeles Board Member, in Common Dreams.

Nuclear imperialism and KC’s role ramping up for World War III

August 17, 2025

PeaceworksKC’s recap of event co-sponsored by PSR Kansas City and featuring PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN.

Preventing nuclear war is a local issue

August 11, 2025

Letter to the editor by Dot Sulock of Western North Carolina PSR in the Mountain Xpress.

Activists protest outside California national lab to mark 80th anniversary of atomic bombing of Japan

August 6, 2025

Associate Press news clip covering a “die-in” protest at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory co-sponsored by San Francisco Bay PSR.

80 Years Since the First Nuclear Test: Earth Forever Changed

July 16, 2025

On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon. The Trinity nuclear test marked the beginning of the atomic age and a legacy of radiation exposure that continues to harm human lives and the environment nearly a century later.

KC’s nuclear bomb parts plant is ramping up significantly.

July 9, 2025

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, in the The Kansas City Star [subscription required].