But Karens have not always been privileged busy bodies. In 1974, labor union activist and radiation whistleblower Karen Silkwood was killed in a suspicious car accident on her way to show a ...

We all know who Meryl Streep is, but the woman she portrays in a the 1983 film "Silkwood", but what many don't know is the ...

is based on the true story and death of Karen Silkwood, a nuclear whistle-blower and labor union activist in the 70s. Meryl Streep starred as Karen Silkwood, while a transformed Cher and Kurt ...

S ILKWOOD is a devastatingly lyrical film about the mysterious death of anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood on November 13, 1974. The Harvard Crimson The University Daily, Est. 1873 ...