Nuclear Impacts on Indigenous Communities in NM

8.18.23 – In Focus correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with Navajo anti-nuclear activist Leona Morgan to discuss how the state’s history of uranium mining and nuclear testing has caused irreparable damage to Indigenous communities across New Mexico. Morgan also talks about her thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and how that film ignores that history.

Correspondent: Antonia Gonzales
Guest: Leona Morgan (Diné), anti-nuclear activist 

For More Information:

Leona Morgan works to influence U.N. representatives about nuclear energy – Navajo-Hopi Observer

US Senate Votes to Expand Radiation Exposure Compensation – Associated Press