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Pulitzer Center Update
This Week: America's New Nuclear Arsenal
A new generation of nuclear weapons for the U.S., but at what cost?
August 3, 2015 -
The Pentagon plans to replace the current nuclear arsenal, including 12 new nuclear armed submarines...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/08-10-15/image-12-1000.jpg.webp?h=1e66e246&itok=8iEQdF3_ "“I’ve been through hell and damnation." A resident of the Press Park neighborhood in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer. Referred to as "black Love Canal,” the housing development was built on a reclaimed landfill in the late 1970s. High levels of dioxins, lead, arsenic, and other chemicals in the soil led to the neighborhood being declared a Superfund site, although some residents remain. “I just ask God for strength.” Image by Matt Black. USA, 2015.")
