Congress has packed up and gone home for the year, leaving us with some good and bad news in next year’s budget. This year has been a trying one for those of us who had high hopes that the [...]
Congress has been struggling the past few weeks to come up with a budget for 2008 that won’t fall victim to President Bush’s veto pen. Having only passed the Defense spending bill, Congress [...]
Under a fresh and catchy new name, “Complex Transformation”, (aka “Complex 2030), is the same old Bush administration attempt to revamp the US nuclear weapons stockpile, and build new nuclear [...]
Today the Democratic presidential candidates, campaign staff and countless media outlets will descend on Las Vegas for CNN’s presidential debate. When they open the Las Vegas [...]
Peace Action West is one of over 150 groups endorsing mass mobilizations to stop the war in 11 cities throughout the US. Come join thousands of like-minded citizens to show that our [...]
Back in 2005 when we were campaigning vigorously to defeat Bush’s nuclear bunker-buster, a weapon designed for battlefield use, it was difficult to imagine that a US policy that worked toward [...]
Congressional Quarterly (subscription only) is reporting that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) will try to zero out funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program, a dangerous and unnecessary [...]