By Rachel Emond, Scoville Fellow Bella Abzug: A young, empowered woman from the Bronx who grew up to be a founder of Women Strike for Peace, a woman-led organization that began lobbying for nuclear nonproliferation in 1961. Perhaps one of my biggest pet peeves is when organizations, businesses, and individuals only focus on the contributions […]
Why I Want to Join the Nuclear Policy Field: Deverrick Holmes
By Deverrick Holmes, Policy Intern I often find myself wondering how on earth I ended up where I am today. If my resume was my biography, it would be difficult to make sense of my career trajectory. How did someone in his late-20’s, holding a history degree but whose primary work experience is in finance, […]
Why I Want to Join the Nuclear Policy Field: Taylor Felt
By Taylor Felt, Policy Intern Prior to the fall semester of my junior year at the University of Southern California (USC), my understanding of nuclear weapons and their role in global politics was a mile wide and an inch deep. Unlike the people who lived through the “duck-and-cover” age, I practiced diving under my desk […]
Executive Director Tierney: We have a thermonuclear monarchy
Executive Director John Tierney was asked to help introduce a bill by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The full text of his remarks is below. “The last time this bill was introduced, it was bipartisan in nature, and this one should be, too. There are those who would argue that we […]
5 Things to Know About Ground-based Midcourse Defense
Got 90 seconds? Learn the basics of what was once called National Missile Defense, and is now called Ground-based Midcourse Defense, or GMD.
