Afghanistan: Time to go!
Nearly three quarters of Americans want an early end to the Afghanistan war. Now is the time to press President Obama and Congress to set an exit plan with a speedy timetable for withdrawal.
Barbara Lee to reintroduce bill to end Afghan war
Representative Barbara Lee, D-Calif. will reintroduce her bill to limit funding for U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan to that which is necessary for "the safe and orderly withdrawal" of all U.S. troops and contractors from that country.
Nuclear treaty makes fresh START for peace
The New START Treaty aimed at reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles, signed by President Obama Feb. 2, will come into effect on Saturday.
Senate committee OKs New START treaty
In an unusual show of bipartisan backing for an Obama administration initiative, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the New START nuclear weapons reduction treaty September 16 by a vote of 14-4.
U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment founder, Rev. Lucius Walker, dies
Pastors for Peace announced its executive director, the Rev. Lucius Walker Jr., died today, Sept. 7.
1970 Chicano Moratorium marches on
An exhibit on the 40th anniversary of the antiwar protest offers a chance to look back at the roots of what is now a more united Los Angeles.
Honoring buddies, not war, on Memorial Day
Today, I will again lift a pint of ale in memory of my three friends and their comrades who died in Vietnam, without honoring the aggressive and unjust war.
Three days that could change the world - This weekend in New York City!
Barack Obama is undoubtedly the U.S. president most committed to nuclear disarmament since Kennedy. People all over the world have cheered President Obama's commitment
90,000 protest U.S. base in Okinawa
More than 90,000 people took to the streets in Okinawa, Japan, on April 25 to demand that a controversial U.S. military base be closed.
New bill calls for Afghanistan withdrawal
A bipartisan bill calling for a plan and a timetable to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan was introduced into Congress April 14th.
