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America Can't Afford Trump’S Mass Deportations: 02/12/2025

Alliyah Lusuegro - OtherWords

For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness.


Mass Deportations Would Be A Nightmare: 08/07/2024

Alliyah Lusuegro - OtherWords

The popular GOP slogan would tear millions of families apart, including mine. It would also be a moral, logistical, and economic disaster.


There’S No Good Reason To Be Spending Nearly $1 Trillion On Our Military Budget: 07/16/2024

Lindsay Koshgarian - In These Times

Congress is spending on the military like it’s World War III. Diverting that money to jobs, healthcare, and the climate would make us far safer.


Budget Deal Ensures Bombs Will Keep Dropping While Fewer Human Needs Are Met: 01/11/2024

Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout

All of that military funding comes at the direct cost of funding social programs and climate programs.


Sending Israel More Aid Now Is A Lose-Lose Proposition: 11/30/2023

Lindsay Koshgarian - The Hill

The kind of mass destruction we’re seeing in Gaza is unimaginable to most of us in the United States. But we see suffering here too — in the form of homelessness, the opioid epidemic and increasingly common catastrophic weather events.


The Pentagon Just Can't Pass An Audit: 11/29/2023

Lindsay Koshgarian - OtherWords

Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion — not the programs Americans rely on.


The Culture Wars Are Hijacking Debate On The Military Budget: 08/01/2023

Lindsay Koshgarian - The Progressive

Republicans want to fill the defense bill with bans on abortion, trans health care, and racial diversity initiatives in the military.


Dwight Was Right: ​Congress Must Say No To Military Contractors: 07/12/2023

Lindsay Koshgarian - Common Dreams

The world Eisenhower warned about has materialized. We need more members of Congress to stand up to the arms industry and fight for social investments instead.


Debt Ceiling Deal Reinforced Washington’S Old Double Standard For Military Spending: 06/13/2023

Lindsay Koshgarian - The Messenger

There’s no price too high for the Pentagon, even while Washington claims the wealthiest country in the world apparently can’t afford to make sure all of its people have basic access to food, housing and health care.


Surprise! Congress Likely To Hide Defense Spending In New Ukraine Aid Bill: 06/06/2023

Connor Echols - Responsible Statecraft

Lawmakers are planning to dodge caps on the Pentagon budget by adding billions for the military in ‘emergency’ legislation.