Would Nuclear War Between the US and Russia End Human Civilization?
The United States and Russia possess some 88% of the world’s 12,120 nuclear weapons—5177 and 5459, respectively. This fact sheet outlines what a likely scenario would be if there was a U.S.-Russia nuclear war in which they deployed most of their strategic nuclear weapons.
Paper Cranes, Pencils, and the Power of Community Care
From left to right: Caleb Johnson (SND member, Georgia State student), Corey Sapp (Mary Mcloed Bethune Middle School Assistant Principal), Jimmie Conle Henderson (Georgia State alum, BftB Atlanta Hub coordinator, SND Atlanta co-founder) From left to right: Caleb...Massachusetts Teachers Association Endorses BftB
Last month, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) Board unanimously voted to endorse Back from the Brink and our five policy solutions. The MTA represents 117,000 teachers, faculty, professional staff and education support professionals working at public...What Would Be the Immediate Effects of a Nuclear War?
On August 6th and 9th 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing an estimated 210,000 people instantly or within the first five months. This fact sheet lays out the scale of destruction by distance from the epicenter using the model of a single 20 megaton bomb.




