Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Here’s what America’s last WWII atomic veterans want you to know

As the last surviving US servicemen who witnessed the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki reach their 100s, their harrowing ...
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsOpinion

Before the next nuclear crisis, listen to those who lived through the last one

As global nuclear tensions mount, the firsthand testimonies of atomic bombing and testing survivors—from Japanese hibakusha ...
Opinion
Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsOpinion

The political implications of Hiroshima’s scarred “maidens”

In May 1955, 25 young Japanese women, all of whom had been schoolchildren who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, were flown to the United States. They became known in the press as the ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Victoria Kelly

Victoria Kelly is the author of four books of fiction and poetry, including When the Men Go Off to War and Homefront. Her novel Mrs. Houdini was a People Magazine Best New Book and a USA Today New and ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Karin Tanabe

Karin Tanabe, a Japanese American nisei, is a novelist and journalist based in Washington, DC. The author of seven novels published by St. Martin’s Press and Simon & Schuster, she is a former Politico ...