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*Update: If you are outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, check out this calendar to find a Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemoration event near you. August 6th is the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic [...]

We are happy to be cosponsoring an event in August with renowned activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly. If you’re in the Portland area, please come out for an inspiring night. [...]

On July 9th, South Sudan became the world’s newest nation after a referendum vote in favor of independence in January. As someone whose early activism and research focused on slavery and conflict [...]

One of the misguided reasons people criticize spending on foreign aid is that we need to spend money to create jobs and improve the quality of life here at home. While direct spending on those [...]

This year, Republicans have taken the lead in slashing funds for critical international diplomacy and development programs in next year’s budget under the guise of helping reduce the deficit. [...]

by Kevin Martin, Executive Director Updated from a previous blog post When I first heard a report of President Obama’s decision to remove only 5,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year (which [...]

By Judith Le Blanc Field Director Nearly one-half of people polled now think the US can make major cuts in defense spending without putting the country in danger, according to a 7/18/11 Rasmussen [...]

Every year around August 6 and 9, Peace Action and its grassroots network of chapters and affiliates host and participate in activities to commemorate the anniversaries of the 1945 nuclear [...]

I’ve received a lot of email alerts this past week and they’ve all been about the same thing: stopping cuts in vital programs such as Social Security, Medicare, funding for day-care [...]

In his speech last month announcing plans for a disappointingly small withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, President Obama declared, America, it is time to focus on nation building here at [...]