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In war, civilians always pay the highest price. As the crisis in Israel and Palestine deepens following the attack by Hamas on Israel and Israel’s retaliatory violence, our voices are needed.

FCNL condemned the attack by Hamas on Israel and Israel’s retaliatory violence while calling on world leaders to press for de-escalation and restraint in Gaza and southern Israel moving forward.

FCNL applauded today’s re-introduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 in the House as a necessary step to protect ballot access across the country.

FCNL expressed deep frustration over this week’s Census Bureau report on the state of poverty in America, specifically childhood poverty rates.

Readers react to a guest essay urging a rewilding of the mall. Also: Indicted lawyers; Sununu on the G.O.P. candidates; the Ukraine war; DeSantis and the Ivy League; pain patients.

As the oldest registered religious lobby in Washington, D.C., it would be easy for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) to celebrate its accomplishments and ride off into the sunset. After all, the organization has done a lot in 80 years. But that is not FCNL’s way.

CODEPINK is a feminist grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs.

The 2023 Pendle Hill Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture will be given by FCNL General Secretary Bridget Moix. This lecture is free and open to the public, with limited on-campus seating and the option to tune in via Zoom.

Congress should bar the Biden administration from transferring internationally banned weapons to the Ukrainian government.

FCNL deplored the Biden Administration’s short-sighted and dangerous decision to supply cluster munitions for the war in Ukraine.