FCNL in the News

To achieve the world we seek, we cannot wait for better days. We must follow God’s calling to do right, seek justice, and correct these injustices.

The more we learn, the more we see gaping holes between our country’s traditional narrative and the realities of how our nation was built and who paid the costs.

As lawmakers move to end US complicity in the Saudi-led war, warring parties take a stab at peace.

By emphasizing support and solidarity, groups led primarily by Yemeni-American women are building momentum to end the world’s “forgotten war.”

It’s easy to understand why some would think bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO is a good idea. But the desire to humiliate Putin and reinforce U.S. global military dominance is shortsighted and dangerous. It risks escalating, expanding, and prolonging the war in Ukraine.

“With more than a decade of experience with policy, I’ve learned how disappointing it can be to put your faith in institutions and parties,” says José Santos Woss. Spiritual faith, by contrast, has inspired and motivated his work as the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s director for Justice Reform.

Ryan Grim and Hassan El-Tayyab discuss the Yemen cease-fire and a new Yemen War Powers Resolution.

Russia is using landmines in Ukraine — and the US is in no position to criticize.

With anxiety about nuclear war looming large in the minds of people around the world, we discuss the moral and ethical questions at play when it comes to developing nuclear programs, and the case for disarmament. Hear from Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian-American journalist and political analyst who is also the host of The Iran Podcast; and Alicia McBride, Director of Quaker Leadership at the Friends Committee on National Legislation or FCNL.

President Biden can call his agenda what he likes. Or change its name each day. Just so long as he continues to push for the same outcomes he has been, and that so many in Congress and nationwide still want.