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Bright as Daybreak, Red as Fire

April 7, 2026 · 28 min

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Nuclear war might seem abstract, lingering in the back of the mind only as a distant possibility. But some remember when it seemed like a certainty. We dug through the StoryCorps archive to find people who worked with nuclear weapons — and know how close we’ve come to a point of no return.

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