NEWS & UPDATES
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 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 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
Thinking and talking about nuclear war is never easy, but its something we have to do if we want to make progress towards nuclear disarmament. A House of Dynamite (available to stream on Netflix starting October 24, 2025) is a great opportunity for more people to get...
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...
