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This piece first appeared in Huffington Post. Media coverage of the nuclear talks will often take the opposition of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Gulf States to Iran nuclear diplomacy as a given. [...]

This piece was originally published in the Huffington Post. Americans who want to avoid another war in the Middle East ought to be grateful to U.S. and allied diplomats for the solid peace [...]

April 2, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Jon Rainwater, jrainwater@peaceactionwest.org, The announcement today in Lausanne, Switzerland indicates that negotiators have reached a [...]

This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post. Say what, John McCain? Senator John McCain took to the Senate floor last week to rail against peace talks with Iran. No surprises [...]

Peace Action West is proud to join with over 1300 other organizations in signing this letter to Congress asking for fair federal budget that invests in our local communities and protects [...]

On Tuesday, the Republicans introduced a draconian budget proposal that would gut Medicare, defund the Affordable Care Act, and make deep cuts to domestic programs such as food stamps, housing, [...]

This piece was originally published in the Huffington Post. Forget the Cotton 47 letter. The new letters are where the action is. Tensions between the White House and Congress over the Iran talks [...]

Next week a bill that could thwart diplomacy with Iran could be voted on. [i] I’m sure you saw the big splash made by the Senate Republicans’ open letter to Iran. Papers across the U.S. [...]

As you know, Peace Action formed over 60 years ago as The Committee for a SANE Nuclear Policy to abolish nuclear weapons.  We have come a long way.  The world produced over 125,000 nuclear [...]

As Congress begins to debate a war authorization, it’s become obvious that the debate has become a Goldilocks story without the “just right” part. Republicans think the [...]