Nuclear Weapons

3/16/2026 The coming days may be the most important moment yet in this fight to stop the Iran war. We’ve been in the streets, in the halls of Congress, and in your inboxes through all of it [...]

New START, the arms control treaty negotiated by President Barack Obama and extended by President Joe Biden, will expire on February 5, 2026. Senator Ed Markey takes the time to give a brief [...]

Among the critical issues facing our country today, nuclear arms control is seldom top of mind for most people, understandably, given our myriad political, social, and economic crises. Recent [...]

Trump Is No Peace President. Call Him the Proliferation President. Weapons contractors could not be happier, but for the rest of us the state of world affairs is beyond alarming. Much to my [...]

The U.S. is in the early stages of developing a new nuclear weapons system, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) dubbed the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent or GBSD but more accurately [...]

Today, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) officially enters into force, making nuclear weapons officially illegal under international law. The treaty bans the development, [...]

Peace Action Statement on the Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund, issued the following [...]

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 [...]

Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That’s nearly $100 [...]