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There were families living as close as 12 miles to the Trinity test site in 1945 and there were Thousands of families living in a 50 mile...

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CALL TO ACTION - Updated

On July 27, 2023, the US Senate passed the RECA amendments as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would add the...

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Say Their Names: Artists Reflect on Nuclear Injustice in New Mexico

Link to full article. Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing—A People’s Perspective at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, New...

Examining the Need to Expand Eligibility Under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

On June 27, 2018, a representative of the TBDC testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about the need to amend the RECA in...

U.S. lawmakers move urgently to recognize survivors of the first atomic bomb test

The 1945 Trinity test produced heat 10,000 times greater than the surface of the sun and spread fallout across the country. Article,...

Biden wants to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by radiation during 1945 nuclear testing

President Joe Biden stands in front of the flag of New Mexico as he speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Belen,...

Science History Institute - "In the Shadow of Oppenheimer."

JULY 16, 2023 PEOPLE & POLITICS In the Shadow of Oppenheimer How popular narratives of the atomic age obscure the bomb’s first victims....

Trinity Nuclear Test's Fallout Reached 46 States,Canada and Mexico,Study Finds

The TBDC is elated that this long overdue mapping of the Trinity fallout has been produced. Many thanks to the Scientist Sebastian...

Opinion | What ‘Oppenheimer’ Doesn’t Tell You About the Trinity Test - The New York Times

Opinion article by Tina Cordova, published by The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/opinion/international-world/oppenhei...

House Judiciary Committee Hearing

Watch the Hearing with the House Judiciary Committee below, which occurred 3/24/21. Click HERE to visit the website. Click HERE to read...