Blog - /blog/2025/05/12/new-mexicos-national-guard-initiative-highlights-nations-skewed-priorities/
- On April 8, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham authorized the deployment of 60 to 70 members of the National Guard to the city of Albuquerque.
Blog - /blog/2025/05/09/good-trouble-moral-mondays-us-capitol-defend-americans-destructive-budget/
- Faith leaders have powerfully gathered in Washington D.C. to speak up against Republican-led proposals for more war and mass deportation spending.
Blog - /blog/2025/05/02/presidents-2026-budget-bonanza-weapons-and-prison-contractors/
- Today, President Trump revealed the broad strokes of his budget request to Congress for 2026. This request does not meet the nation’s needs.
Blog - /blog/2025/04/07/budgets-are-moral-documents-hundreds-faith-leaders-condemn-republican-spending-proposals/
- March 5, 2025, on Christians’ Ash Wednesday, hundreds of leaders from various faiths gathered in Washington D.C. to condemn Republican proposed budget plans that would make devastating...
Blog - /blog/2025/03/04/watch-what-trump-does-not-what-he-says/
- Tonight President Trump will address Congress, and who knows what he’ll say. But it’s easy to get too swept up in what he says. Instead, watch what he does.
Blog - /blog/2025/02/27/shut-them-down-closing-military-bases-long-overdue/
- US military bases are wasteful, harmful, and expensive - and resistance to them is justified. On February 23, 2025, people gathered for an international day of action to call for the closure of m...
Blog - /blog/2025/02/11/detaining-and-deporting-immigrants-all-wrong-immigrants-are-here-stay/
- People all over are showing up in defense for our immigrant communities. We're fighting back against Trump's most blatant hate agenda and everyone else who is giving him a helping hand.
Blog - /blog/2024/12/17/peace-justice-and-people-centered-budget-2024-and-beyond/
- We’ve supported the ongoing fight for a federal budget that prioritizes people and the planet over power and profit. Next year and onward, we'll continue the fight.
Blog - /blog/2024/08/04/sonya-masseys-murder-reminder-domestic-and-foreign-violence-are-intertwined/
- Addressing police violence in our communities requires reckoning with America’s militarized foreign policy that leads to wars abroad and at home.
Blog - /blog/2024/07/05/defund-jsf-program-refund-our-communities/
- On the afternoon of March 28, 2024, an F35-B Lightning II fighter jet crashed into a hillside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The nearly brand-new aircraft, demolished and ablaze, was ...
Blog - /blog/2024/04/30/us-military-spends-more-next-10-countries-2023/
- Globally, 2023 proved to be a record breaking year for military spending.
Blog - /blog/2024/04/22/april-climate-and-war-linked-more-ever/
- It’s Earth Day today, and the U.S. and the world seem determined to ignore the climate crisis and instead invest in war. That’s a huge mistake.
Blog - /blog/2024/03/11/militarized-funding-biden-budget-totals-well-over-1-trillion-and-it-will-grow/
- While the larger budgets makes some important strides forward, this discretionary proposal won’t provide security we need, in terms of costs of living, quality of life, climate change, or securi...
Blog - /blog/2024/02/21/united-we-dream-and-allies-demand-permanent-ceasefire-and-immigrant-protections/
- Last week, I joined an action hosted by United We Dream in DC. We demanded a ceasefire now in Gaza and permanent protections for immigrants who have made this country our home.
Blog - /blog/2023/12/06/cost-holiday-season-increasing-border-enforcement-separate-families-take-away-human-needs/
- The holiday season is all about gathering with loved ones, right? Well, that’s the exact opposite of what extra funds to border enforcement - part of a foreign aid package in the Senate - will d...
Blog - /blog/2023/12/05/hunger-strike-permanent-ceasefire/
- From left to right: DE State Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton, Bita iuliano (activist, grassroots organizer), Ashik Siddique, Sumaya Awad (author/activist, Adalah Justice Project), Rana Abdelhamid (organizer...
Blog - /blog/2023/11/09/veterans-day-lets-care-veterans-and-our-communities/
- Even though they often come up short, the U.S. has a good thing in its veterans’ programs. Veterans deserve this level of care and dignity - in fact, we all do.
Blog - /blog/2023/10/25/israel-ukraine-border-whats-bidens-105-billion-military-bill/
- An extra $105 billion in mostly military spending is no small matter, especially on top of the $886 billion military budget that has been working its way through Congress this year. So, how did t...
Blog - /blog/2023/10/25/series-ups-and-downs-immigrants-us/
- For much of the past few weeks, there has been so much wrong in the world. However, immigrant advocates show us that there are reasons for hope.
Blog - /blog/2023/07/06/july-fourth-lets-celebrate-reimagining-immigration-policy/
- It’s not too late for President Biden to set a precedent of treating migrants with care, dignity, and respect, and request that Congress cut spending on deportations and detentions.
