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Eric Ross

Eric Ross is an organizer, educator and PhD candidate in the history department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

People lay flowers at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial after a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary ceremony of the atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 2025. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images))

80 years after Hiroshima, the words “never again” ring hollow

Eric Ross
A mushroom cloud after an atomic blast, 1950s. (Lambert/Getty Images)

We’re still living an atomic nightmare

Eric Ross