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  • This Week in the World: A Morally Bankrupt Budget Proposal

    This Week in the World | 

    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

    Person | August 17, 2020

    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

    Meeting Minute | June 24, 2024
    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)

    Meeting Minute | February 9, 2024
    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

    Person - Advocacy Corps 2019-2020, - Former Staff | November 2, 2023
    Jameelah Lewis served as the Advocacy Teams Organizer for Friends Committee on National Legislation in 2022.
  • FCNL Wins Five Communications Awards

    Background | October 6, 2020
    The Religion Communicators Council recently granted FCNL five DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards in recognition of the excellence of its communications work in 2019. RCC is the oldest group of its kind and the DeRose-Hinkhouse is most prestigious in the field of religious communications.
  • Tax Reform Moving in Congress Hurts Middle and Low Income People; Raises Deficit

    Update | November 9, 2017
    When most people hear about the tax reform, their eyes glaze over. But the decisions that Congress makes about taxes are moral decisions with enormous consequences. If you want to know about the values and priorities of a nation, just take a look at that nation’s tax code.
  • Tribal Consultation--and Not

    Update | January 26, 2017
    Three federal agencies that interact with Indian tribes and Alaskan Natives on infrastructure matters were directed by the Obama administration to create a government-wide guidance on appropriate consultation with Indian tribes. They have issued their report. Meanwhile, President Trump has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to “review and approve” the permits sought by Energy Partners to continue the work on the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  • Respecting Culture

    Update | November 25, 2020
    Congress moves toward stronger protections of traditional cultural items and greater sensitivity for the significance of human remains — even when centuries old.
  • FCNL Applauds 27 Senators Who Voted to Block Saudi Arms Deal

    Press Release | December 9, 2020
    While Saudi Arabia bombs hospitals, schools, and other civilian areas in Yemen, the U.S. is set to finalize a $1.15 billion arms deal with Riyadh.