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Join us next week at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law for the annual week long Human Rights on the Hill course organized by Peace Action board [...]

The Post argued that U.S. security interests require a “more robust . . . intervention” in the Syrian civil war [“No time for half-measures,” editorial, June 15]. A better [...]

By Judith Le Blanc, Field Director, Peace Action On Wednesday, President Obama said,  “So long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe.” And that is why Peace Action and over 20 national [...]

The prospects for peace with Iran got a little bit brighter this week. The Iranian public defied expectations and roundly defeated conservative candidates to put moderate Hassan Rouhani in [...]

Peace Action was one of the few organizations to oppose the invasion of Afghanistan and we have been working ever since to end America’s longest war. Last week, the House of Representatives [...]

Last night, we saw years of committed organizing pay off, with the House of Representatives voting 305-121 supporting accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thank you so much to all of you who [...]

Please click here for results of NDAA. Amendments should be debated in the order listed below, though some will not be debated and voted “en bloc” (a bunch of amendments voted in one [...]

Today and tomorrow the House of Representatives will decide to write an over  $600 billion check to the Pentagon, while sequester cuts to community programs go on every week in our communities. [...]

Today’s the day. Over the last couple of weeks, you have generated thousands of messages to representatives urging them to cut wasteful Pentagon spending. This morning, the House will start votes [...]

UPDATE: The amendments crossed out below were not allowed to come to the floor for a vote. The House will start voting tomorrow on the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets policy and [...]