By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
It’s unconscionable to pour more money into the Pentagon while the country comes apart at the seams. There’s still time for the Biden administration to pull back and stop the endless spending, just as it made a major step toward ending our endless wars.
By
Samantha Garcia
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Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Guard members have stepped up heroically during the pandemic. If we invested in more than just the military, maybe they wouldn’t have to.
By
Ashik Siddique
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
The House passed a sweeping bill to counter China economically, the America COMPETES Act, with $52 billion for fund the production of computer chips. What else could that pay for?
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
As usual, there are no military solutions, and a heap of other dire problems are being relegated to lower priority status in the meantime. It’s time for the U.S. to evolve - to look for diplomatic solutions, and start to address all of the world’s problems.
By
Samantha Garcia
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Climate Change,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security
While climate change fuels migration, the United States hardens its southern border instead of investing in real sources of safety for people in this country and around the world.
By
Lorah Steichen
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Climate Change
A new study finds that the United States experienced 20 separate billion-dollar climate and weather disasters in 2021. The damages from these 20 costly disasters totaled $145 billion.
By
Ashik Siddique
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Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Over 50 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr., said of the United States in his crucial “Beyond Vietnam” speech that: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” If we take King’s words seriously...
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
What if you wanted less child poverty, better health care, more help with child care and elder care, and at least a gesture toward a solution to the climate crisis? And what if instead you got a $778 billion check for war profiteering?
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Guest Blogger
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Budget Process
Polls say Americans should love the Build Back Better Act — but most are only hearing talking points about its price tag.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net