Sister Ardeth Platte, a Dominican nun and antinuclear activist who spent years behind bars for her beliefs, and who was the inspiration for a character on “Orange Is the New Black,” the ...

Ardeth Platte, the tenacious nun who brought her antiwar convictions to Oak Ridge, has died. She was 84. Sister Carol Gilbert, her roommate and longtime collaborator, confirmed her Sept. 30 death ...

Sister Ardeth Platte, who was jailed for her protests against nuclear weapons and inspired a character on "Orange Is the New Black," dies at 84.