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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
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Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

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January 21, 2011

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January 18, 2011

Fission Stories #29: A 133,000 Gallon Drop in the Ocean

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January 14, 2011

HB Robinson: Security Slowpoke

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January 11, 2011

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Fission Stories #28: Navy (or Naïve) Nuke

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January 8, 2011

Exaggerated Claims About China’s Missiles

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January 6, 2011

Gates’ Last Chance with China

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January 4, 2011

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