Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us

The decade-long battle over Karen Silkwood’s legacy — waged, on the one hand, by progressives who mythologized her as a courageous whistleblower and, on the other, by a corporation that vilified and sexualized her as an irresponsible traitor — offers valuable lessons for today. As we face an era where the levers of government power [...]