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After years of gridlock and partisan rancor, the budget impasse may finally be broken. The President won increases in ‘non-defense’ spending as part of the deal, but the Pentagon will still [...]

Negotiations to end the ‘nonstop horror’ of the Syrian civil war have begun. Peace Action applauds the parties for finally getting to the table – better late than never – but decries [...]

The tragic death of Michael Brown at the hands of the Ferguson police is a reminder that the upsurge in violence is not restricted to the Middle East or any one place.  It’s right here in our own [...]

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s Senate Floor Speech Opposing Military Involvement in Syria Tuesday, September 10, 2013   M. President: I have come to the floor today to stand up and speak to [...]

Published on Thursday, July 18, 2013 by Common Dreams Wouldn’t It Just Be Easier to Change Our Foreign Policy? by Kevin Martin A passenger removes their shoes before passing through the passenger [...]

Op-ed published today by The Hill, an influential, widely read Capitol Hill publication by Kevin Martin and Josh Ruebner The Obama administration has engaged in astounding linguistic jiu-jitsu to [...]

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 [...]

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A sad anniversary for sure, but also an occasion to recall and be inspired anew by one of the most ardent [...]

At a recent meeting in Washington to discuss overall peace movement strategy moving forward (more on that soon!), our colleague and friend Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies [...]

“… is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot [...]