Budget Brinksmanship is Back

Government funding runs out tomorrow and the Republican leadership is holding the budget hostage to try to pass poison pill riders on issues from blocking Syrian refugees to stopping the [...]

Don't Bank On The Bomb

Did you know that nuclear weapons are the only weapons of mass destruction not prohibited under international law?  We trace Peace Action’s efforts to delegitimize nuclear weapons to the [...]

Peace and Climate Justice: Inseparable

–Judith Le Blanc, Field Director The largest climate justice march in history thronged New York City September 21 and Peace Action helped to make it happen. Why? We because we believe that [...]

On Inauguration/MLK Holiday, thoughts on our society's "Triple Evils"

Lead article today on Foreign Policy in Focus. Would love your comments regarding our nation’s progress on Dr. King’s triple evils of racism, extreme materialism and militarism. [...]

Romney's China Zinger Offers an Opening for a Serious Debate on U.S. Asia Policy (not his intention I'm sure!)

So I have to admit that when I heard it last night during the presidential debate, I thought this was a clever zinger by Mitt Romney (or his speech writers more likely): “What things will I cut [...]

President Obama's Speech – What did you think?

Here’s my quick take on the President’s acceptance speech at the Dem Convention last night, but I’d love to know what you thought of it as well. (The New York Times has the [...]