Media & Op-Eds
Explore the latest media coverage and opinion pieces written by our team and allies related to Back from the Brink’s work to eliminate nuclear weapons.
For media inquiries, please contact Ryann Vargas, our Media and Communications Consultant, at ryann@preventnuclearwar.org.
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Daily Hampshire Gazette – 85 seconds to midnight: ‘Doomsday Clock’ ticks closer to humanity’s destruction
This article covers the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement and includes perspectives from BftB’s Dr. Ira Helfand and members of the BftB Hub in Massachusetts.
The Minnesota Star Tribune – Readers Write: Veterans Day, nuclear weapons, government shutdown
This letter to the editor by BftB member Amy Blumenshine responds to President Trump’s comments about resuming nuclear testing and speaks to how the city councils of Minneapolis and St. Paul have passed BftB resolutions to affirm steps towards diminishing & eliminating nuclear threats.
The Washington Post – On nuclear strategies
This letter to the editor by BftB’s Ira Helfand responds to the Nov. 3 editorial “How to live in our nuclear ‘House of Dynamite,’” which claimed that the elimination of nuclear weapons is a fantasy and realism demands that we maintain our nuclear arsenal as a deterrent. (Scroll down the page to read.)
The Davis Enterprise – Letter: Don’t launch
This letter to the editor by BftB and Davis Committee Against Nuclear Weapons member Sarah Pattison responds to House of Dynamite and urges people to support our campaign and its five policy solutions.
Concord Monitor – Letter: Step back from the nuclear brink
This letter to the editor by Arnie Alpert and Judy Elliott responds to President Trump’s remarks on resuming nuclear testing and urges the NH delegation to endorse the two BftB congressional resolutions.
Democracy Now – “Extraordinarily Destabilizing Decision”: Trump Denounced over Call to Immediately Resume Nuclear Tests
BftB’s Ira Helfand’s appearance on Democracy Now following President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing.
The Washington Post – Sound this alarm
This letter to the editor by BftB’s Peter Wilk responds to commentary from Max Boot about the Netflix film, House of Dynamite. (Scroll to bottom of page to read.)
St. Louis Post Dispatch – Opinion: Eliminating nukes is both a moral and economic imperative
Writer William Lambers encourages citizens to push legislators to prioritize nuclear disarmament as a way to commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. He also encourages participation in the Back From the Brink campaign.
Davis Enterprise – Join effort against nuclear weapons
This op-ed by Back from the Brink Hub leader Genevieve Diane Colborn invites action around the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26.