by daisy | Jan 29, 2023 | Peace & Service
This week, the Doomsday Clock moved forward ten seconds, placing us just 90 seconds from midnight. The symbolic clock, set annually by experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, measures how close we are to the human-caused apocalypse. The war in Ukraine,...
by daisy | Jan 20, 2023 | Peace & Service
Yesterday, the United States hit the debt ceiling. The U.S. Treasury Department responded quickly, taking steps to avoid a default and buy Congress time to act. The debate surrounding it will likely continue into the summer. Raising the nation’s borrowing authority...
by daisy | Jan 13, 2023 | Peace & Service
For two decades, Toffiq al-Bihani has been imprisoned by the U.S. government at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. During his internment, he was tortured and held in solitary confinement. He has never been charged with a crime. Al-Bihani is just one of the...
by daisy | Jan 6, 2023 | Peace & Service
Two years ago today, a violent mob of election-denying white supremacists stormed the U.S. Capitol at the encouragement of former President Donald Trump. Members of Congress and staff alike were forced to take shelter as the insurrectionists roamed the hallways and...
by daisy | Dec 22, 2022 | Peace & Service
“For many of us, this is a season of miracles — the miracle of Jesus’ birth, the miracle of Hanukkah. But expanding the Child Tax Credit? That shouldn’t take a miracle.” That was the opening message FCNL’s Abibat Rahman-Davies brought to lawmakers yesterday, when...
by daisy | Dec 22, 2022 | Peace & Service
The year is winding down, and with it, the work of the 117th Congress (2021-2022). Lawmakers are nearing passage of an omnibus spending bill to fund the government for FY2023—their last act for the year. As of this writing, we are optimistic that the final bill will...
