Frida Berrigan - In These Times

Frida Berrigan writes for TomDispatch, Waging Nonviolence and other outlets. Her book, It Runs in the Family: On Being Raised By Radicals and Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood, was published by OR Books in 2015. She lives in New London, Conn., with her husband, three kids and six chickens.

As Russia Pulls Back From the Nuclear Treaty, The Fate of Humanity Hangs in the Balance

The fragility of the arms control treaty lays bare the need for nuclear abolition.

How to Avoid Nuclear Stand-Offs That Threaten the Entire World

Frida Berrigan on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the fight for nuclear abolition.

Striking Back Against Empire: 40 Years of In These Times

War, peace and the American military machine.

After Trump’s Election, I Regret Being Leftier-Than-Thou. It’s Time To Get To Know My Neighbors.

In addition to organizing resistance, progressives should build communities that support and protect the vulnerable.

Judge Jails Anti-Drone Granny

A 58-year-old protester is sentenced to one year.

Garbage: It’s What’s for Dinner

An easy way to combat the wastefulness of our food system.

Can We Reclaim The Holiday Season From Corporations?

A guide to giving children joy, instead of more gifts.

Aiding and Abetting War Crimes

The Israeli military tested new weapons in Gaza with U.S. support.

Defense Budget Shell Game

Behind the hoopla, military spending continues to rise.

We Arm the World

The United States once again leads the world in exporting weapons.

5 Minutes to Nuclear Midnight

The Fog of War Crimes

Who's to blame when 'just following orders' means murder?

What We Leave Behind

From Kosovo to Lebanon, cluster bomb casualties continue to mount

Lawyers Fight for Habeas Rights

The Military Commissions Act suspends Habeas corpus for foreign citizens accused of hostilities against the U.S.

Halliburton Hearts Congress

Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?

Walking to Guantnamo

Peace marchers aim to keep the abuse of 'enemy combatants' visible

Why is it called violent extremism when “they” do it to us?

U.S. Activists Trek Towards Guantanamo/AP

Christian Witnesses Against Torture

White Phosphorous Lies

Did the Pentagon use chemical weapons indiscriminately in Fallujah?

George in Georgia

The president's short, happy visit to the former Soviet state masked the long-term failures of U.S. policy.

The Real Scandal

The Oil-for-Food program may have been corrupt, but more dangerous dealings have been ignored

Seeking True Security

Depleted Morality

The first signs of uranium sickness surface in troops returning from Iraq

Outside the Inside

Oil and Democracy Don’t Mix

Bush administration policies guarantee a constant flow, no matter what the human cost

Boeing’s ties bloat government budgets

Weapon of Mass Deception

What the Pentagon doesn’t want us to know about depleted uranium.

Halliburton’s Axis of Influence

Richard Perle: It Pays To Be the Prince of Darkness

America’s own secret bioweapons program

The military busts the 2003 federal budget

The Daughters Generals

Bush's cronies are eager to renew ties with Indonesia's military.