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“The Victims of U.S. Nuclear Testing Deserve More Than This”
by W. J. Hennigen, The New York Times
May 22, 2024

For the past two months, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to allow a House vote on a Senate bill that would extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and expand compensation to nearly all Americans whose documented health struggles are linked to the nuclear weapons program, including New Mexican downwinders, who have never been eligible. As of yesterday, there were just seven working days left in Congress before RECA expires altogether, cutting off compensation and health screenings to ALL affected communities.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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