It's been half a century since a woman was killed in a car crash while on her way to meet with a reporter, hoping to expose wrongdoing at the nuclear plant where she was employed. That woman was Karen ...

Silkwood was born in Longview on Feb. 19, 1946 to William and Merle Silkwood but was raised in Nederland. She studied medical ...

Karen Silkwood has always inspired strong feelings. Some still call her a hero or a prophet. Others think of her more as an amoral troublemaker whose life received an exaggerated makeover at the ...

Ordinary people with extraordinary courage... Join us as we examine the brave individuals who risked everything to expose the ...

Kitty Tucker, a public interest lawyer and anti-nuclear activist who helped raise national awareness of nuclear power whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s death, died March 30 in Silver Spring, Maryland.