Mark Shapiro

Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada?The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Three groups in particular continue to be impacted by the detonations at the Nevada Test Site: Native Americans, Mormons and ranchers. DOWNWIND exposes an infamous, harrowing chapter of U.S. history and the ongoing health consequences for downwinder communities, including the marginalized Western Shoshone whose sacred...