In 2019, Jeanne Gallo and Sunny Robinson have given a series of talks on mass migration in the Americas and the US border crackdown, including one sponsored by Mass. Peace Action in Cambridge on June 27. Their presentation addresses the current mass migration from …
Healthy Tomorrow and Sini Sanuman have been working on ending female genital mutilation, or FGM, in Mali and have some encouraging news to report. In March, the First Parish UU of Arlington chose us as their charity partner and gave us half of their offering …
Sandy Hook, Orlando, Charleston, Las Vegas, Wakefield, Sutherland Springs, Pittsburgh, Parkland, Aurora, Virginia Tech, San Bernadino, Columbine. There were already too many mass shootings to name. Now we add Gilroy, Dayton, and El Paso to the list. In the wake three more mass shootings in the last week, people across …
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 is Hiroshima Day. Seventy-four years ago, August 6th, the US ushered in the reality of atomic warfare with the annihilation of that city and 100,000 of its inhabitants. Given the grisly fact ours was the country that dropped the bomb, and …
On August 6 and August 9 we again take time to contemplate the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The arrangements that permitted a U.S. president to drop an atomic bomb on tens of thousands of civilians continue to be in place. …
John Raby If you’re looking for a spine-tingling story to pass the time, here’s a tale for you. Imagine an official government report that encourages broadened and accelerated development of nuclear weapons and preparation for what it argues is limited, winnable nuclear war. In order …
The House passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this afternoon, with all but 8 Democrats in favor and almost all Republicans opposed. Was this a step forward for peace, or for war? Led by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Democrats and 23 Republicans passed …
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