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Bombs and Billionaires over Health and Humanity
The Pentagon spending bills that have advanced through House and Senate panels have the same vision as the House and Senate “health care” proposals.A Radical Return to Common Principles
Climate change is considered by many to be the greatest challenge facing humanity. We are the first generation to recognize the errors in the way we live our lives, and perhaps the last generation able to do something about it. The stakes are vast and monumental.Checking in on Historic Recovery Legislation
Thanks to the work of passionate advocates like you, major recovery legislation is quickly moving through Congress—legislation that would invest heavily in children, families, and the economy.Rare Earth Minerals Pose Challenge in Clean Energy Transition
When we talk about transitioning our energy economy away from fossil fuels, renewable energies have many benefits worth highlighting. However, in calling for this shift, we must also address their drawbacks. One significant challenge is the role of rare earth elements, which are used in the construction of many clean energy technologies.Faith-based organizations rebuke US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Washington, DC – As leaders of faith-based organizations, we are gravely concerned by the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.This Week in the World: A Morally Bankrupt Budget Proposal
This week, President Donald Trump released an alarming new budget proposal that would dramatically reshape the federal government.
Its sweeping overhaul of federal spending goes far beyond typical adjustments in annual presidential budget requests to Congress.
Gertrude Smith
Gertrude Smith is a disabled caregiver, community enthusiast, and budding politician from Seaside, California. Gertrude is an elected member of the California Democratic Central Committee, and Vice President of the Monterey County Young Democrats.
Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: Columbia Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Let us seek paths to work for peace, to act in faith and love, with persistence, patience, and courage. We ask everyone, including those in power, to learn from and work with the peacebuilders, who have labored long and hard. May they lead us all in creating an enduring peace built on justice and reconciliation that provides safety, sovereignty, and a future free of war as Palestinians, Israelis and all people of the region become partners pursuing the sacred goal of Peace.Minute Concerning the War in Israel-Palestine: Morningside Meeting (NY)
Morningside Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) calls for a ceasefire now in Gaza and a free flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. We grieve the deaths, beginning on October 7, 2023, of approximately 1,200 Israelis and (as of this writing) an estimated 18,400 Palestinians in Gaza, an estimated 226 Palestinians in the West Bank and 104 deaths of Israeli soldiers so far.Jameelah Lewis
Jameelah Lewis served as the Advocacy Teams Organizer for Friends Committee on National Legislation in 2022.