A little-known federal program dumps military equipment on local police forces. We need to end it.

Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin exploit their political connections to maintain a system that generates huge corporate profits and executive pay at taxpayer expense.

Local governments have a revenue problem, while America has a policing problem. There’s a simple solution.

The Black Lives Matter protest movement shows again why America needs to defund bloated and militarized police departments.

In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.

by Maryanne Magnier Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Editor's note: At a time when the United States is in the midst of its longest war ever, with no end in sight; when the president routinely and offhandedly spouts threats of war; when the military budget is higher than at any...

As if Citizens United weren’t enough, members of Congress are using the federal budget process to open the doors to more money in politics.

The Ryan tax plan would benefit the top 1% and severely hurt the poor. Here's what else it would do.

Puerto Rico is in crisis. What should the U.S. federal government do about it?

Dear Congress: weren’t you involved in the making of this crisis?