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Help! My Representatives Are Great. What Now?
Your work isn’t over on Election Day. While your members of Congress might agree with you, are they leaders on issues you care about, or are they sitting on the sidelines? Work with your members of Congress to advance peace and justice.WANTED: A Budget that Supports our Troops
Members of Congress, who passed a budget resolution last week, claim that the budget supports our current and former service members in the military. They would point to a $24 billion per year increase in defense spending as evidence that they intend to do right by the troops. However, the details tell a very different story.It's Time for Smarter Sentencing
On February 12, 2015, Congress reintroduced a vital piece of legislation which, if adopted into law, may well be the most important advancement for criminal justice in the 114th Congress.House Committee Advances Bill to Repeal Iraq War Authorization
Yesterday, for the first time, a congressional committee advanced a bill to repeal one of the war authorizations that successive presidents have relied on to keep the United States at war for the last two decades.Viewpoint: It’s Never Been a “Silent” Crisis
Native American people in this country come from communities that have historically faced genocide, forced removal, and loss of resources that date back to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the late 1400s.We Don’t Need the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program
The pandemic has made it obvious that we need to realign our priorities to protect the American people.Campaign to Repeal the 2002 Iraq War Authorization Advances in Senate
Following two years of sustained advocacy by FCNL’s professional lobbyists and Advocacy Teams, a congressional committee approved a bill to repeal a dangerous, outdated war authorization that has been used to justify military actions never approved by Congress.Growing Up During the War on Terror
On this twentieth anniversary, I’m contemplating the fact that my country has been at war for the past two decades, nearly my entire life.Voting Rights: Senate Opportunities, Disappointments, and Next Steps
After months of inaction, the Senate formally took up voting rights legislation on Jan. 19, 2022. The vote did not produce the result we wanted. We need to keep pressing for Senate passage of voting rights protections and advocating relentlessly to advance measures that will make access to the ballot accessible to all Americans.UN Human Rights Day: Reflections on U.S. Legacy and the Forever Wars
On Dec. 10, we commemorate United Nations Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the seminal international human rights instrument, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ratified in 1948.