How a Rural Corner of South Carolina Struggles With Its Cold War Legacy and Modern Economic Reality

The changing winds of political power have made it difficult for the town of Aiken, South Carolina, to turn a nuclear weapons superfund site around.

By Taylor Barnes
December 19, 2022
Taylor Barnes

Taylor Barnes is a reporter with Inkstick Media and an Equity Rises grantee of Ploughshares Foundation. 

 
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