democracy

Will you help Protect the Squad? We can’t afford to lose Jamaal, Cori, Summer, Ilhan, or Rashida from Congress. Peace Action needs your help in building a massive grassroots effort to challenge [...]

Trump’s Conviction, and Our Convictions of Democracy By Kevin Martin I don’t know about you, by my Trump-induced Attention Deficit Disorder is dissipating, and wow does it feel good! As our [...]

Next week has the very real possibility of becoming a national emergency. Donald Trump routinely ignores democratic norms, lies about mail-in voting, or falsely calls the election “rigged.” We [...]

Wednesday, August 26th, we were honored to welcome Kara Eastman and Mike Siegel to our “Meet the Candidates” series of online conversations. They are both progressive champions [...]

Wednesday, August 5th 2020, Peace Action kicked off our new series of “Meet the Candidates” webinars with Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). Sen. Markey has provided steadfast leadership on [...]

Statement of Jon Rainwater, Executive Director, Peace Action, on the introduction of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). [...]

It breaks my heart to see so many friends and loved ones grieving for our country today. I know many of you, like me, are still processing this tectonic shift and what it means for our country [...]

Tomorrow is the big day. As someone who cares about the future of peace on our planet, I want to encourage you to go out and vote. This is one small, but powerful, action you can take to promote [...]

Peace Action Executive Director gave this talk yesterday at an event at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Binghamton, NY. The event kicked off a 3 1/2 year series on Gandhi’s legacy, [...]

After years of gridlock and partisan rancor, the budget impasse may finally be broken. The President won increases in ‘non-defense’ spending as part of the deal, but the Pentagon will still [...]