Fifty years after the crash that killed Karen Silkwood on a dark stretch of Oklahoma's Highway 74, a rekindled effort to get to the bottom of her untimely death has unearthed new clues that might help ...

Fifty years ago, the death of a 28-year-old plutonium plant worker and whistleblower in Oklahoma -- a death many found mysterious and sparked decades of speculation -- shocked the nation. The official ...

In November 2014 we remembered Karen Silkwood, a woman who blew the whistle on Kerr McGee and its alleged unsafe practices at its plutonium plant in Crescent. She ended up dead before she could take ...

MIAMI — The father of legendary anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood says his search for her killers has led him to south For 18 years, Bill Silkwood has been pursuing a theory that a multinational ...

“LEAKERS,” to use today’s vernacular, have never had an easy time of it. Most rarely begin as whistleblowers, alerting others to danger and criminal activities. Too many, like Karen Silkwood, end up ...

CRESCENT, Okla. — The 28-year-old lab worker investigated alleged wrongdoing at an Oklahoma nuclear fuel facility, and was on her way to meet with a New York Times reporter when she died in a fatal ...

In November 2014 we remembered Karen Silkwood, a woman who blew the whistle on Kerr McGee and its alleged unsafe practices at its plutonium plant in Crescent. She ended up dead before she could take ...