by Judith Evans — The post-9/11 era has seen a dramatic increase in Pentagon spending, with up to half of those funds going to private...

by Katherine Noble — I’ve been in the workplace since I was sixteen, and to this day I am usually the youngest person at my job, be it...

by John Whitehead — The longest war in American history ended this August as U.S. troops left Afghanistan. What the U.S. withdrawal will...

by Judith Evans — Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo. Extraordinary rendition. Torture. In the years following the attacks of September 11, 2001,...

by Aimee Murphy — The very first issue of our magazine Life Matters Journal had a piece titled, “Ten Years Later” that I wrote in...

by John Whitehead — Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, allegedly a top al Qaeda member suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS...

by Rana Irby — Recent years have seen war, violence, conflict, and persecution being major contributors to people leaving their homes as...

by John Whitehead — Satellite images have revealed evidence that China may be increasing its nuclear weapons. Any increase in these...

by John Whitehead — Daniel Hale, a former US airman and military contractor, received an almost four-year prison sentence in federal...

by Judith Evans — It was only a matter of time before the Consistent Life Ethic would find me. But it took a while. I grew up in the...

by John Evans — Stepping off the bus in Victoria, Texas, back in 1972 was no easy matter. I was facing a brutal unknown future. Having...

by Rana Irby — Much discussion on the U.S. military’s presence abroad in recent years has focused on the Middle East. What seems to not...

by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — This Earth Day, there are many things one could wish were done differently. One could wish for the polar ice...

by Katherine Noble — President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is the intention of the Biden administration to close...

by Rana Irby — The Biden-Harris administration has only just begun. What will this mean for U.S. policy regarding war? Some problematic...

by Thad Crouch — In many nations, Armistice Day still commemorates the end of WWI on November 11th, 1918, as a day to remember

by John Whitehead — Advocates for the Consistent Life Ethic would do well to mark and reflect on the 75th anniversaries of the nuclear...

by Herb Geraghty — With its star studded cast that includes the talents of Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Michael C. Hall, and Jon Hamm,...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the United States dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It is hard to remember a time the United States has not been at war.