Background

When a member agrees to “cosponsor” a bill, he or she adds their name to the list of members who are on record in support of the legislation.

Failure to prevent mass killings of innocent civilians is an ever present stain on our collective conscience. Too often competing interests of national security or geopolitics take precedence over human life and our responsibility to prevent is too often sidelined.

If we stand together to practice equality and justice, we can enhance our understanding of American Muslims and theirs of us and raise American Muslim visibility in a positive way, which is of special importance to Muslim youth.

When you have a decision to make, whom do you trust to give you advice? Who are the people who can convince you to do something? Chances are, the people you thought of in answer to these two questions are people you have a relationship with.

On Tuesday April 16, 2013, the Supreme Court heard the case of Adoptive Couple vs Baby Girl, which challenged the core principles of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and of Indian law generally.

FCNL opposes the Washington Football Team’s continued usage of a racial slur in their team name.

If ever there were people with a right to claim “trust issues” throughout their history, it might be the indigenous people of this continent. The history of federal government promises and failures with respect to native peoples is long, shameful and involved. But resilient indigenous people are still here, seeking ways to take back inherent rights to manage their own affairs.

The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange is a bad deal for Native Americans. It transfers thousands of acres of the Tonto National Forest to private ownership for the purpose of copper mining. The deal presents several fundamental problems.

Diplomacy works! And so does people-powered, pro-peace advocacy.

The Senate has a job to do, and so does the president. The death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sets the constitutional process in motion for the president to nominate a new Supreme Court justice — and for the Senate to provide “advice and consent” on the nomination.