Hanna Homestead - Common Dreams
Poll after poll show Americans would rather have their tax dollars spent on public services than on Pentagon contractors, and would prefer policymakers prioritize spending on healthcare, education, housing, and infrastructure—not the military
Hanna Homestead - OtherWords
Cutting life-saving services to further enrich billionaires and Pentagon contractors is the worst possible option.
Alliyah Lusuegro - OtherWords
For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness.
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.
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.
Lindsay Koshgarian - Truthout
All of that military funding comes at the direct cost of funding social programs and climate programs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
