By Rebecca Griffin on Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:17:12
In less than two weeks, voters in Oregon’s first congressional district will decide who will be their voice in Washington, DC. Suzanne Bonamici is the peace candidate in this race and she needs your help. Can you join the Martin Luther King Day of Service Canvass to send Suzanne to Congress Click here to RSVP. Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:30:41
Its important that progressives get an early start in 2012, a year where we have an opportunity to make a real impact in November. Kick off the year by joining Peace Action West-endorsed candidate Norman Solomon in a series of events with television pioneer Phil Donahue. Donahue, a winner of 20 daytime Emmy awards, has Read More
By Rebecca Griffin on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:06:05
At the very least, you are surely less resistant to making reasonable cuts in the Pentagon budget. Over the last few months, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been spouting hyperbole about the supposed dangers of cutting the bloated military budget, saying cuts would turn the dominant US military into a “paper tiger” and would spell Read More
By Katie Heald on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:47:55
On this day last year, I was glued to CSPAN’s live feed of the Senate floor. Late in the evening, they finally started to vote on ratification of the New START Treaty, and I realized that years of hard work had finally paid off. By a vote of 71 yeas to 26 nays, with 13 Read More
By Jon Rainwater on Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:32:57
Today, the Iraq war officially ends. Three years ago, Americans elected a president who rose to prominence on the basis of his opposition to the war. Now, after sustained grassroots pressure, President Obama will finally withdraw the last US troops from Iraq by year’s end. And the war that started with a bang, with millions Read More
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