This past weekend, North Korea’s National Defence Commission offered to hold high-level talks with the United States. The White House needs to accept this proposal.

The Quaker testimony of equality shapes FCNL's advocacy, governance structure, and policy in powerful ways.

Fifty years ago, during his commencement speech at American University, President Kennedy made a call for a more peaceful world. In this speech, he highlighted the dangers of nuclear weapons and stated his goal of eventual complete disarmament.

Here at FCNL, we’re looking for two things to protect the human services that our communities rely on: significant cuts to the Pentagon budget and increased revenues. While we are finally seeing cuts to the Pentagon, the need for new revenue still exists. Revenue positive tax reform would help the government balance its books. More importantly, though, it could stop taxes from further exacerbating economic inequality.

The work of Friends to build peace and prevent conflict in Kenya offers an inspiring example of a new approach to foreign policy.

Nuclear safety is being threatened by proposed budget cuts to nonproliferation programs, FCNL's David Culp writes in an article recently. These programs help to secure loose and vulnerable nuclear material around the world, and need to be protected to continue their important work.

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Rep. Lamar Smith (TX) argues against regulations to control the amount of pollution we can pump into our air. The op-ed seems reasonable at first glance: inflated rhetoric likely does get in the way of substantial policymaking on this issue. But when it comes to policy proposals, Rep. Smith gives us nothing but the status quo.

On May 8, S. 761, the Shaheen-Portman energy efficiency bill was sent from the energy committee to the Senate floor for a vote. An amendment to help non-profits save energy was also introduced. We're down to the wire on these bills; write to your senators or your local newspaper today to urge their support!