Yahoo

New Mexico unveils new sign memorializing Trinity Test downwinders

Jul. 20—SOCORRO COUNTY — A crowd of activists, politicians, journalists and New Mexico Department of Transportation employees gathered on the side of U.S. 380 Wednesday to unveil a new sign ...
Yahoo

80 years later, victims of ‘first atom bomb’ will soon be eligible for reparations

A bright, blinding light flashed above New Mexico’s Jornada del Muerto desert at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945. The thunderous roar that followed jolted 14-year-old Jess Gililland awake on the porch of ...
The Nation

We’re Still Living With the Decisions Made During the Trinity Tests

Eighty years after the first atomic weapons tests at Los Alamos, humanity has yet to fully reckon with the power of mass annihilation. A photograph of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, ...
Albuquerque Journal

OPINION: 80 years later, we’re still fighting for justice

On July 16, 1945 — 80 years ago — the federal government detonated the first atomic bomb in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. That test, known as the Trinity Test, changed the world — and it changed ...
WTTW

A New PBS Documentary Explores How the U.S. Government Tried to Cover Up the Effects of the Atomic Bomb

Bombshell shows how the government tried to minimize the effects of radiation and prevent independent reporting through ...
The Oak Ridger

The first atomic bomb is dropped on Aug. 6, 1945; the opinions of Nichols, scientists

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major General Kenneth D. Nichols, continues her series on his life. Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...