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The Obama administration will issue its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) in early 2010.  It’s publication will establish US nuclear weapons policy for the next 5-10 years, making it a very [...]

This morning I joined a group of about 75 other activists to gather at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima [...]

There he is: Bill Clinton sitting next to Kim Jong Il in North Korea. Rejected by Mr. Kim was a long list of suitors that included Mr. Gore, Senator John Kerry, and New Mexico governor Bill [...]

This week marks the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today also marks the 46th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The US was [...]

Recently, top military brass have been questioning the usefulness of keeping U.S. fighting forces in Iraq.  Col. Timothy Reese, Chief of the Baghdad Operations Advisory Team, had this to say [...]

US ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the international treaty that bans nuclear explosive testing, would be a smart step foward as part of a global effort to reduce the threat [...]

August 6th and 9th are the 64th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where an estimated 200,000 people were killed. Grassroots groups around the country will be [...]

On Monday of last week (7/20), I attended a meeting of US the House Leadership and their allies on Capitol Hill. At the meeting, we learned that the Senate planned planned debate cuts in funding [...]

Join Peace Action West, Amnesty International, and thousands of your peers on July 25 in a global day of action calling for basic human rights in Iran. Come and join Peace Action West in standing [...]

The Senate voted this week to accept the Levin-McCain amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.  The Amendment (passed 58-40) will eliminate the $1.75B slated for the development of [...]