by daisy | Mar 10, 2023 | Peace & Service
Yesterday, President Joe Biden released his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024. A president’s budget rarely becomes law. Rather, it is a blueprint intended to inform members of Congress as they write the legislation to fund the government for the coming fiscal...
by daisy | Feb 21, 2023 | Peace & Service
This week, Peter Murchison joined FCNL as a Friend in Washington. Through this program, Friends can volunteer with FCNL for several months to share their expertise and spiritual gifts with the community. Peter will be extending and enriching our work on gun violence...
by daisy | Feb 17, 2023 | Peace & Service
Gaining a firm grasp of certain policy issues on Capitol Hill can be a tricky task. Perplexing acronyms, antiquated legislative processes, and general wonkiness can make even the most dedicated advocate’s head spin. But with some issues, the bar for comprehension is...
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...
