Massachusetts native Sandra Birchmore’s life hadn’t been easy. Her teen years were difficult at times, and in an effort to make sure Sandra had some strong role models, her mother enrolled her in a ...
Sandra Birchmore's 2021 death was initially ruled a suicide, but a police officer was arrested for his alleged role in her death three years later Stoughton Police Department via AP Sandra Birchmore ...
Toshiaki Nakagawa echoes a belief shared by many older people in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. As the son of a Hibakusha, those who survived the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, he knows the ...
James Reid is seen in this photo provided by himself. Below is an essay contributed by an American college student from California regarding his grandfather's memories of Hiroshima shortly after the ...
Detail of Sandra Poulson, "Confessionário" (2024), pine, veneered oak, steel, and glass (all photos Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund ...
On Aug. 6, 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 the ...
Twelve-year old Sadae Kasaoka (birth name Hiraoka), a first-year student at a girls’ high school, was at home with her grandmother on Aug. 6, 1945, enjoying a beautiful morning and doing housework ...
This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombings—80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 120 national representatives gathered in Hiroshima this ...
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, remains a pivotal and controversial event in modern history. Beyond its immediate impact on World War II, it ushered in the nuclear age, forever ...
The first reports were met with disbelief. A single bomb with the explosive force to level a city; a bomb, detonated with such intensity it burned as bright as — maybe, even brighter than — the sun.
Donald G. McNeil Jr., a former global health reporter for the New York Times, is the author of “The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons From 25 Years of Covering Pandemics.” I had dinner the other night in a ...
Baffled Disneyland visitors at the "It's a Small World" attraction were greeted by a protest doll holding a sign reading "Remember Hiroshima" over the weekend, sparking questions and speculation ...