The Nuclear Issue

Six things to protect the world from a nuclear catastrophe.

  1. Revoke the President’s sole authority to order the use of America’s nuclear weapons

  2. Demand that China engage in talks on nuclear safety, security, and transparency

  3. Demand that Russia stop threatening to destroy cities with nuclear weapons

  4. Keep nuclear weapons out of outer space

  5. Keep AI technology out of nuclear command-and-control systems

  6. Begin arms-control discussions among the nine countries that have nuclear weapons

Keep informed of organizations actively working to safeguard humanity from nuclear risks.

Listen to the bomb at 75, a limited podcast series where author Eric Schlosser and artist Smriti Keshari talk with experts in the nuclear field.

  1. Dr. William Perry on His Years as Secretary of Defense and Coming-of-Age in the Nuclear Era

  2. Leona Morgan on Nuclear Colonialism and the Effects of Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation

  3. Lieutenant General Arlen “Dirk” Jameson on Leading Us Strategic Command and the Nitty-Gritty of Nuclear Planning

  4. Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Zink on a Day in the Life of a B-52 Navigator

  5. Dr. Emma Belcher on the Toxic Legacy of Australian Nuclear Testing and the Continuing Nuclear Threat

  6. Beatrice Fihn on the everyday work of ICAN and winning the Nobel Peace Prize

Read articles by Eric Schlosser, investigative journalist and co-creator of the bomb, to learn more about nuclear weapons and the need for disarmament.

  1. “Atomic Fireballs: Artists, Activists and the Bomb at 75 (Part I)”

  2. “Atomic Fireballs: Artists, Activists and the Bomb at 75 (Part II)”

  3. “World War Three, By Mistake”

  4. “Almost Everything in ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Was True”

  5. “The Greatest Nuclear Threat We Face is a Russian Victory”