Campaign Updates
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Reckless Plan to Restart Nuclear Weapons Tests
Nuclear Weapons Now: The Threat and Opportunity
by Jeremy Love, National Field Organizer On Sunday, February 8th, Back from the Brink supporters and newcomers alike gathered at the Community Church of Durham for Nuclear Weapons Now: The Threat & Opportunity. It was Super Bowl Sunday, and...
50 Voices in Congress — and the Future They’re Helping Us Build
by Danny Hall, Lead Capitol Hill Representative & Faith Community Outreach Coordinator There are moments in a movement when the ground shifts — not all at once, not with fireworks or headlines, but with a quiet, unmistakable sense that something long believed to...
Holding Fast: How History Shows Us What’s Possible
Check out our new video featuring Back from the Brink supporters: "Community Over Doom" This past Tuesday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advanced its iconic Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds until midnight — a harrowing symbol of the brink the world finds itself on. A...
Updates from our Washington State Hub
Washington State Hub members gather for a hybrid statewide strategy session. In the shadow of the home port for one of the largest collections of nuclear weapons in the world at Naval Base Kitsap, the Washington State Hub has been helping to grow the movement locally...
A Moment for Community, Connection & Conversation
Last Thursday, BftB team members, activists, and Hub leaders gathered online for a virtual phone bank. Together we called the offices of 130 mayors, city councilors, and state legislators from around the country, asking them to sign onto our letter to Congress urging...
The Real-World House of Dynamite: What the Film Gets Right (and What’s Still Missing)
Rebecca Ferguson as Captain Olivia Walker in A House of Dynamite. Photo credit: Eros Hoagland/Netflix © 2025 Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is a gripping thriller that captures the terrifying speed of a nuclear crisis. It gets key things right: the short...
Resources for Hosting a Gathering to Watch A House of Dynamite
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100 Days to the Brink: Why the New START Countdown Demands Our Leadership
We all know how our lives can change in good or bad ways in a blink of an eye, on any given day. Human history is filled with these moments, these inflection points. 63 years ago in October 1962, we were in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. and the...