2023 Commonwealth Peace and Justice Agenda The Massachusetts Peace & Justice Network has partnered with allied legislators to submit a set of bills to the Massachusetts state legislature concerning nuclear disarmament, transparency in politics, and the budget. Below are the 6 bills that we have submitted to the state legislature … Read More

By Sunny Robinson A note: by necessity, this article focuses on policy issues because humanizing policy is what is required of us in the US for  solidarity and justice. As you read, try to imagine what it is like to be a migrant, all your worldly belongings in a small … Read More

by Jonathan King Santa Fe Archbishop John C. Wester’s cathedral sits across from a branch of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, part of a vast operation responsible for the production of nuclear warheads in the United States. The archbishop has been a consistent and leading voice in the faith community … Read More

by Hayat Imam As a Bangladeshi American, I am still reeling from this tragedy in our community. The officer involved shooting death of a young man of 20 will have irreparable consequences. His parents, who took the chance to emigrate to the USA just a few years ago, have had … Read More

by Jackie King Three weeks after the police killing of a young Bangladeshi man who was experiencing a mental health crisis in a Cambridge neighborhood, an outpouring of community grief and outrage has continued to roil the city. Hundreds of people have attended rallies, city council meetings, and other community … Read More

About eighty people rallied at six Massachusetts Congressional offices Thursday, January 26, to protest President Biden’s decision to send US Abrams battle tanks to join the fight in Ukraine.   At four of the six offices they met with Congressional staff and turned in letters and petitions. In Worcester, twelve people … Read More