PEACE & LIFE CONNECTIONS

Dobbs and Draft Steve Kennedy of Slate offers a highly interesting article behind a paywall: Trump just automated draft entry. It’s time for the Supreme Court to step in. Daniel Hampton of Raw Story discusses this in a free article with what for us is a more on-point title: Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade may have made the US military draft illegal. The idea is, as Hampton puts it: The legal hook is the Roberts court's own "history and tradition" test, introduced i

Trump and Pope Leo Donald Trump has ranted against the pope at length, and as would be expected the pope has stood firm. Though not explicitly stated, there are ways the consistent life ethic is doing good work behind the scenes: Many Trump opponents are cheering the pope in his anti-war stance and defense of the marginalized. If they harbor animosity toward the anti-abortion pro-life cause because of the divided camp they’re in, they now have in the pope a better role model

No Kings #3 This set of over 3,000 rallies on March 28, 2026 was estimated at over 8 million people. These events are especially known for attenders’ creativity with home-made signs. The photos below were taken in Maine by Julia Smucker. There was much more anti-war sentiment this time. This is easily explained by the outrages happening in Iran. Media coverage of the signs was extensive. While there were undoubtedly some signs promoting abortion and its euphemisms, they were

Colorado Referendum Targeting Migrants Most referendums cover just one issue, and a narrow aspect of that issue, so our Peace and Life Referendums project website lists a diversity of such measures that are on the ballot, or have good potential to be, in different states and localities. We finally have a referendum which, while narrowly focused as usual, manages to be covered under four of our issues. Colorado has Measure 95, to require that people charged with (not convicte