On August 6, 2025, the world marked the 80th anniversary of the American destruction of Hiroshima. As in decades past, Hiroshima Day served to honor the first victims of atomic warfare and to reaffirm ...

On August 6, 1945 – 79 years ago today – the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, essentially closing a chapter that had opened when Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on ...

Neal Resnikoff at the Evanston Hiroshima Day Vigil organized by Chicago Area Peace Action on August 6, 2022. Credit: Dilpreet Raju On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two nuclear ...

She was only eight when she saw people with their skin peeling off, faces swollen beyond recognition, stumbling through a city in flames. For Keiko Ogura, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima ...

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow. Ad Policy A huge cloud resulting from the massive fires started by “Little ...