New Mexico is making waves! 🎉
So proud to pass our Albuquerque Indian School land transfer and Downwinder bills out of committee unanimously this past week!
This is what getting it done for NM looks like!
So proud to pass our Albuquerque Indian School land transfer and Downwinder bills out of committee unanimously this past week!
This is what getting it done for NM looks like!
April 27, 2026 at 1:12 PM
New Mexico is making waves! 🎉
So proud to pass our Albuquerque Indian School land transfer and Downwinder bills out of committee unanimously this past week!
This is what getting it done for NM looks like!
So proud to pass our Albuquerque Indian School land transfer and Downwinder bills out of committee unanimously this past week!
This is what getting it done for NM looks like!
Brian Moench: How Utahns can avoid being downwinder victims of Great Salt Lake
Brian Moench: How Utahns can avoid being downwinder victims of Great Salt Lake
Brian Moench: How Utahns can avoid being downwinder victims of Great Salt Lake
www.sltrib.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Brian Moench: How Utahns can avoid being downwinder victims of Great Salt Lake
Not too fond of the idea of being a Latter-Day Downwinder
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Not too fond of the idea of being a Latter-Day Downwinder
For 80 years, Downwinders in the Tularosa Basin never got the justice they deserved after the first atomic bomb was tested at the Trinity Site.
Today, we are fighting to make sure every downwinder receives compensation through RECA and we never forget by passing H.R. 4290.
Today, we are fighting to make sure every downwinder receives compensation through RECA and we never forget by passing H.R. 4290.
Rep. Stansbury: Fighting for justice for our downwinders
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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March 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
For 80 years, Downwinders in the Tularosa Basin never got the justice they deserved after the first atomic bomb was tested at the Trinity Site.
Today, we are fighting to make sure every downwinder receives compensation through RECA and we never forget by passing H.R. 4290.
Today, we are fighting to make sure every downwinder receives compensation through RECA and we never forget by passing H.R. 4290.
My Downwinder fam is mostly dead so I guess it’s time to make some more.
Bringing back all the hits—measles, Jim Crow, nuclear fallout…
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My Downwinder fam is mostly dead so I guess it’s time to make some more.
I feel for these families. My mom is a Hanford downwinder. #maddow www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/h...
Downwinders - Manhattan Project National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I feel for these families. My mom is a Hanford downwinder. #maddow www.nps.gov/mapr/learn/h...
"All of society right now—all of our knowledge, data, lives, careers, and jobs—is effectively a “downwinder” of the AI companies’ testing and deployment of technologies they don’t fully understand and don’t care enough to constrain effectively."
Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers.
The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...
The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...
AI is making everything worse
The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"All of society right now—all of our knowledge, data, lives, careers, and jobs—is effectively a “downwinder” of the AI companies’ testing and deployment of technologies they don’t fully understand and don’t care enough to constrain effectively."
#Utah
There are serious consequences to being a "Downwinder" when it comes to nuclear testing. We've done it before, and the effects linger.
There are serious consequences to being a "Downwinder" when it comes to nuclear testing. We've done it before, and the effects linger.
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#Utah
There are serious consequences to being a "Downwinder" when it comes to nuclear testing. We've done it before, and the effects linger.
There are serious consequences to being a "Downwinder" when it comes to nuclear testing. We've done it before, and the effects linger.
“The voices of those of us who have already suffered the devastating and ongoing effects of nuclear weapons must be integral to any discussion of this planet’s nuclear future,” writes Mary Dickson, a downwinder, in an op-ed.
Voices: For those of us living with the consequences of nuclear testing, the Doomsday Clock sends a stark warning
“The voices of those of us who have already suffered the devastating and ongoing effects of nuclear weapons must be integral to any discussion of this planet’s nuclear future,” writes Mary Dickson, a downwinder, in an op-ed.
www.sltrib.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The voices of those of us who have already suffered the devastating and ongoing effects of nuclear weapons must be integral to any discussion of this planet’s nuclear future,” writes Mary Dickson, a downwinder, in an op-ed.
This movie covers a subject personal to my family as my grandpa was a Downwinder. The bombs took his life and the memories I would have made with him.
The testing of the nuclear bombs in New Mexico created devestation, which hurt my family, that last today and the movie First We Bombed New Mexico tells those stories. Check out this piece of important and forgotten history.
August 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This movie covers a subject personal to my family as my grandpa was a Downwinder. The bombs took his life and the memories I would have made with him.
if you look up details, just know it's as horrific as any other downwinder story. for instance? kids who visited the set had tumors growing in their mouths
agnes moorehead's death was actually what made people admit it was the movie bc she was known to be extremely healthy, no drinking or smoking
agnes moorehead's death was actually what made people admit it was the movie bc she was known to be extremely healthy, no drinking or smoking
August 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
if you look up details, just know it's as horrific as any other downwinder story. for instance? kids who visited the set had tumors growing in their mouths
agnes moorehead's death was actually what made people admit it was the movie bc she was known to be extremely healthy, no drinking or smoking
agnes moorehead's death was actually what made people admit it was the movie bc she was known to be extremely healthy, no drinking or smoking
While we await RECA application guidance from the Department of Justice, please be vigilant against scammers.
NM AG, activists issue alert about RECA scams • Source New Mexico
New Mexico Attorney General and downwinder activists issue a warning about new scams popping up in response to RECA.
sourcenm.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
While we await RECA application guidance from the Department of Justice, please be vigilant against scammers.
In her recent blog, Dr. Elizabeth McCLure describes her Kendall Fellowship project “Nuclear Weapons, Science, and Equity,” which “involves analyses of the legacy impacts of the US nuclear weapons industrial complex on health in and around the Hanford nuclear site in Washington State.”
Justice for Downwinder Communities in Washington
The Hanford nuclear site closed decades ago, but community members are still waiting for recognition of its costs to their health.
blog.ucs.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In her recent blog, Dr. Elizabeth McCLure describes her Kendall Fellowship project “Nuclear Weapons, Science, and Equity,” which “involves analyses of the legacy impacts of the US nuclear weapons industrial complex on health in and around the Hanford nuclear site in Washington State.”
My mom died of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She grew up in Southwest Utah in the 40’s and 50’s and there are stories that would shock most people about this country running tests of our nuclear capabilities in ways that harmed Americans. She was classified a “downwinder” and received compensation.
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
My mom died of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She grew up in Southwest Utah in the 40’s and 50’s and there are stories that would shock most people about this country running tests of our nuclear capabilities in ways that harmed Americans. She was classified a “downwinder” and received compensation.
“People either don’t know that they were exposed, or they’ve forgotten that they were exposed or they don’t care,” Eddie Jones said. “Sad to say, there’s those who don’t care.”
Utah downwinder pens book about atomic testing
“People either don’t know that they were exposed, or they’ve forgotten that they were exposed or they don’t care,” Eddie Jones said. “Sad to say, there’s those who don’t care.”
www.sltrib.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“People either don’t know that they were exposed, or they’ve forgotten that they were exposed or they don’t care,” Eddie Jones said. “Sad to say, there’s those who don’t care.”
TOMORROW at 8pm ET, join Rep. Rashida Tlaib, downwinder-activist Mary Dickson, LA organizer Maylene Hughes, & legislative strategist Allen Hester to talk about what happens next— and how to stop another nuclear arms race before it begins.
🎟 RSVP → tinyurl.com/100DaysArmsRace
🎟 RSVP → tinyurl.com/100DaysArmsRace
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
TOMORROW at 8pm ET, join Rep. Rashida Tlaib, downwinder-activist Mary Dickson, LA organizer Maylene Hughes, & legislative strategist Allen Hester to talk about what happens next— and how to stop another nuclear arms race before it begins.
🎟 RSVP → tinyurl.com/100DaysArmsRace
🎟 RSVP → tinyurl.com/100DaysArmsRace
At the same time, good luck getting any support from Medicaid if you’re a poor downwinder who suddenly develops cancer.
April 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
At the same time, good luck getting any support from Medicaid if you’re a poor downwinder who suddenly develops cancer.
Great news! Glad that indefatigable Trinity downwinder Tina Cordova is in Washington today to, hopefully, witness this moment. Now Republicans in the House—who scuttled the previous and more expansive RECA bill last December—need to do their job and pass this crucial and long overdue legislation.
BREAKING! RECA Senate passage assured! With 60 votes already (more to come), the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act will pass the body. Biden will sign if he gets the chance. The House needs to act to give benefits to those adversely impacted by US nuclear weapons testing, development & production.
March 7, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Great news! Glad that indefatigable Trinity downwinder Tina Cordova is in Washington today to, hopefully, witness this moment. Now Republicans in the House—who scuttled the previous and more expansive RECA bill last December—need to do their job and pass this crucial and long overdue legislation.
Back when legislation actually something our government did, there were even reparations set up by Congress.
Just incredibly ignorant DOGE folks. (But I repeat myself)
www.cancerbenefits.com/who-is-consi...
Just incredibly ignorant DOGE folks. (But I repeat myself)
www.cancerbenefits.com/who-is-consi...
Who Is Considered a Downwinder? | National Cancer Benefits Center
The term “downwinder” describes an individual exposed to nuclear radiation from aboveground atomic bomb testing during the Cold War.
www.cancerbenefits.com
July 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Back when legislation actually something our government did, there were even reparations set up by Congress.
Just incredibly ignorant DOGE folks. (But I repeat myself)
www.cancerbenefits.com/who-is-consi...
Just incredibly ignorant DOGE folks. (But I repeat myself)
www.cancerbenefits.com/who-is-consi...
As someone with roots in Southern Nevada and SE Washington, seems like a bad idea. Downwinder lawsuits are very winnable.
March 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
As someone with roots in Southern Nevada and SE Washington, seems like a bad idea. Downwinder lawsuits are very winnable.
July 22, 2024 was a hard afternoon- get a tow from a Downwinder as I got separated from my windsurfing rig 😔
November 15, 2024 at 3:43 PM
July 22, 2024 was a hard afternoon- get a tow from a Downwinder as I got separated from my windsurfing rig 😔
Downwinder communities are so back
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Downwinder communities are so back
My friend's mom is a downwinder, and my friend and her siblings have thyroid issues (among others) which I am convinced is all related
August 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My friend's mom is a downwinder, and my friend and her siblings have thyroid issues (among others) which I am convinced is all related
This is not a defense of nuclear weapons, but birth defects?? Really?
this is downwinder shit all over again
this is downwinder shit all over again
August 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is not a defense of nuclear weapons, but birth defects?? Really?
this is downwinder shit all over again
this is downwinder shit all over again