Budget Matters Blog

Category: Military & Security


The Pentagon Took COVID-19 Money for PPE and Bought Weapons Instead

Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives.


Trump's Shout-Out to Proud Boys Has an Antidote: End Violent Policies that Uphold White Supremacy

As long as violence is the primary policy solution, white supremacy will keep its grip on our nation and world.


The Pentagon Blew $1 Billion in Coronavirus Relief Funds on Military Equipment

The Pentagon misused much of $1 billion in congressionally appropriated COVID-19 relief funding, funneling it mostly to military contractors and using the money to make things like jet engine parts, body armor, and dress uniforms. What could that have paid for instead?


It’s Time to End the Nuclear Age

2020 has been hard enough. The last thing the world needs this year is nuclear weapons.


To Achieve Climate Justice, Demilitarize the Border

Immigrant justice is climate justice. Demilitarization is core to achieving both. 


The U.S. ‘War on Terror’ Has Displaced At Least 37 Million People


It’s a Pandemic. Military Spending Hikes Should Be Off the Table.


15 Years After Hurricane Katrina, It's Time to Demilitarize Disaster Relief

Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, it remains a cautionary tale for how distorted budget priorities can result in militaristic, rather than humanitarian, disaster response.


Small Towns Don't Need Military Helicopters

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


Spending More on the Military Means Lining the Pockets of Top Defense Industry Executives

Under the Trump administration, the military-industrial revolving door has only spun faster, as more private sector executives make the jump to the public sector with little government or military experience. But the influence-peddling of the defense industry isn't new, and it's hardly partisan.