Tell Congress to approve a budget that pushes the Administration to make a bold reduction in our nuclear arsenal.

50 years ago this week, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of a cataclysmic nuclear war. Today, you can help ensure that the lessons of this crisis are not forgotten by writing a letter to the editor.

As rhetoric from Congress and key leaders continues to build the case for a war with Iran, we must push back to ensure that diplomacy has a chance to work.

An impressive delegation of PSR leaders are now in Japan. Follow along on this journey by reading our delegation’s personal and political reflections in our new blog series.

Thanks to an outpouring of support from all of you, nearly 100 events took place over the past week commemorating the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, we need your help to ensure that our elected officials hear support for nuclear abolition from concerned citizens across the United States.

On the morning of August 6th, air-raid sirens sounded just after 7:00 AM. After a while, the all-clear sounded, and people began to move about their daily lives again. Sadako, her grandmother, her mother, and brother Masahiro were eating breakfast together. Sadako Sasaki was 2 years old on August 6th.

Now is the time for Congress to make the right choices on spending and to take meaningful reductions in our bloated nuclear arsenal and military budget.

President Barack Obama has called for a world free of nuclear weapons but his recent actions to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal poses a significant threat to that vision. We ask you to join us in writing to the President to ask for robust action towards nuclear abolition.

Let's raise our voices together and demand meaningful reductions in military spending.

The battle over our federal budget priorities has begun. We urge you to remember that it is your money and to make your voice heard this tax season.

Write your Representative now to let them know that, as a constituent, you want them to urge diplomatic engagement with Iran.

This country's investment in the military has deprived our communities of the resources they need to rebuild our schools, invest in health care for all, and create a clean energy future.

We need you to write to President Obama now and ask him to bring us back from the brink of a conflict that neither country can afford. We ask President Obama to establish direct diplomatic engagement with Iran.

Please take a moment to contact your Representative now, asking them to sign on to Rep. Markey's letter.

We have to ramp up efforts to educate our elected officials on the compelling reasons to ban nuclear weapons testing. Our first step will be to petition the Administration to take up the ratification of CTBT as a priority as soon as possible. Can you sign this petition, share it with friends & family, and help us get to 5,000 signatures?

This week we will join with thousands around the nation and the world to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 & 9). These dangerous and immoral weapons have threatened our health and security for far too long.

We are fast approaching the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6 & 9). This provides us with an important opportunity to express our deep concern about the dangers to our health and security posed by nuclear weapons and to take action to educate our communities about this urgent issue.

On June 22, President Obama addressed the nation about the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The President announced a reduction of 33,000 troops by the end of September 2012. His comments come amidst growing bipartisan debate on the Administration’s strategy and goals in the region.

Sign this petition asking for a major troop withdrawal to begin in July with all troops out not later than the end of 2014.

Let’s raise our voices together and demand meaningful reductions in military spending.