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Smithsonian ignores Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings on 80th anniversary
In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space ...
Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors worry about growing nuke threat
Many aging Hiroshima survivors express frustration over growing global support for nuclear weapons as deterrence.
Long Island peace groups call for nuclear disarmament action on 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
Long Islanders honor the memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims, urging global leaders to prevent future nuclear ...
Remembering the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the ties to Oak Ridge
Venesa Torres of Oak Ridge watches as citizens ring the International Friendship Bell at A.K. Bissell Park at 6:47 a.m. to ...
80 years later, you can still see the shadow of a Hiroshima bomb victim
In the wake of the blast, these eerie shadows were left etched into surfaces across the city—almost like a photo negative of ...
New books this week: unconventional novels and an oral history of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
An oral history of the atomic bomb detonations 80 years ago leads this week's list of publishing highlights, which also ...
8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues on nearby island
When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...
Hiroshima and the End We Refuse to Imagine
Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture ...