A few months ago, it seemed sentencing reform was on life support. There just wasn’t enough time before the election to move any legislation forward — let alone a bill that would start to reverse the failed 40-year “war on drugs.”
Ferguson, MO, a small suburb outside of St. Louis, has been the recent spotlight of national media attention. The brutal killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager by Ferguson police, sparked a wave of community uproar.
Campaign trails tend to twist things – promises, claims, facts. It would be a sad thing if the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015- S2123 – fell victim to such twists.
We’re deeply sad to share the news that former FCNL Executive Secretary Ed Snyder passed away on Friday, August 12. He served FCNL for 35 years, including as Executive Secretary from 1962 to 1990.
Income inequality in our current economic system is a problem, both for fairness and for the strength of the economy.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a conversation with Parker J. Palmer! You can listen to a recording of the September 28, 2016 call.
Despite media reports to the contrary, FCNL’s Domestic Policy Director Amelia Kegan is optimistic.
Photos and stories from a trip to El Paso, meeting with people committed to immigration reform that protects and supports border communities.
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act (H.R.1677) would undermine its stated goal to encourage a negotiated political solution to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people. Ultimately, as countless U.S. officials and Syria experts have pointed out, a political settlement is the only way to stop the killing.
The United States must move towards non-military solutions to its foreign policy challenges.
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