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Andrea Mazzarino: Broken Heart Syndrome in Trump’s America

I’m the wife of a U.S. military veteran and the mother of children who have been encouraged by those in our family and community to become fighters “like Daddy.”

December 11, 2024 · 6 Comments

Richard Krawiec: The Eyes of Hiroshima

My father was a sailor in the first group of ships to land in Hiroshima after the atomic bombs were dropped in WWII.

August 6, 2024 · 14 Comments

Frida Berrigan: The Art of the Submarine

Each of those future billion-dollar behemoths could menace the world with the equivalent of 5,824 Hiroshimas.

June 27, 2024 · 6 Comments

Patricia A. Nugent: Healing Japan

I dreamed Peggy invited me to go to Japan with her. That’s all I remember, her asking me. I don’t know how I responded.

February 15, 2024 · 6 Comments

Matthew J. Parker: The Shine On her Shoes

With another Memorial Day upon us, I again find myself pondering its magnitude, which invariably brings me back to 2016, when President Obama met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on May 27.

May 27, 2023 · 8 Comments

Helen Caldicott: The Lessons We Still Haven’t Learned From Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The United States needs to rise to its full moral and spiritual height and lead the world to sanity and survival.

August 6, 2020 · Leave a comment

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