Anniversaries of two huge shifts in the world

Wednesday 6 August 2025 15:14 CDT   David Braverman
Civil rightsGeneralHistoryMilitary policyPoliticsUS PoliticsWorld Politics

Today is both the 80th anniversary of the United States dropping a nuclear weapon on Japan for the first time in history, and the 60th anniversary of President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act.

Since then, nuclear weapons have proliferated and voting rights have retreated. I think we can say both trends have gone in the wrong direction. And who better than the recently departed Tom Lehrer to put both in one song:

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