For over 36 years Ploughshares Fund has supported the most effective people and organizations in the world to reduce and eventually eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear weapons.
Staying engaged in the effort to prevent nuclear war requires an understanding of the history of nuclear weapons and the impact their use and production has had on people and the planet. We’ve compiled a diverse list of some of the best books about nuclear weapons. From well-loved classics, to...
Staying engaged is important because getting staying informed and taking sustained action will take time to have an effect. Here are a few ideas to stay engaged while preventing nuclear war. Share with your friends. Preventing nuclear war will require persistent effort from many people, until...
Preventing nuclear war is too important to leave to people who have brought the world to the brink of catastrophe on numerous occasions. An issue of this gravity cannot be left to people who believe the benefits of nuclear weapons outweigh their risks. You can work to prevent nuclear war today....
In part through the tireless work of several of our grantees, California just passed a state resolution urging Congress to support national legislation restricting the President's sole authority to launch a nuclear first strike. If you live in California, see how your California State Senator...
The Trump administration is waging a daily assault on our democratic institutions, our values, even our sense of reality. It is being felt across the board, through repeated attacks on science, civil rights, women's rights and environmental protections. Your right to a safe and secure future,...
We welcome four new people to our Board of Directors, including two ambassadors: Connie Foote, Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, Gretchen Hund and Ambassador Samuel D. Heins. Connie Foote is a psychologist and philanthropist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She previously served as board chair of the Mounds...
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, author and producer Eric Schlosser, and former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary of Defense...
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary of Defense, who has dedicated his life and legacy to reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons and remains one of the most outspoken advocates for...
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, author and producer Eric Schlosser, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary...
This year's Chain Reaction 2018: Leadership + Democracy in San Francisco on June 25, 2018 featured Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, and Beyond the Bomb's US Field Organizer, Yasmeen Silva, and was a special tribute to William J. Perry,...
Donald Trump, upon his return from the historic summit in Singapore with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, quickly tweeted that "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." We wish this was the case. In fact, as we have often seen with this President and his pronouncements, nothing could be...
The primary goal for the June 12 US-North Korea summit in Singapore should be an agreed statement that leads to the phased denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and a transformed relationship between the United States, North Korea and South Korea. As President Trump said on June 1, “We’re...
On June 12, 2018, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will hold an historic summit in Singapore. The summit, first announced in March, was temporarily canceled by Trump after...
Watch this behind-the-scenes video of Jeffrey Lewis and Joe Cirincione discussing the most pressing nuclear threats facing the world today. Shot onsite at the Writers Guild of America West while in Los Angeles for an event featuring the nuclear-themed season finale of Madam Secretary.
I was born at the end of the Cold War, but the world is no less dangerous today. Fears from my parent’s generation, including the resurgence of an arms race and increases in nuclear weapons spending, have yet to fade. Only now, those fears are compounded by the emergence of new nuclear states...
