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Impact Of Federal Funding On New Jersey Economy Is Topic Of Program At William Paterson University On October 5: 10/05/2010

Jo Comerford - William Paterson University News Release

The impact of national funding priorities on New Jersey's economy will be the topic of a talk by Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at William Paterson University in Wayne. Her address, "New Jersey Out of Balance: The Impact of Federal Spending ...


Maryland Congresswoman Rallies Democrats In Northampton, 10/2/10: 10/02/2010

STEVE PFARRER - Daily Hampshire Gazette


Framingham Workshop To Tackle War And Schools.: 10/01/2010

Staff - MetroWest Daily News

FRAMINGHAM — A panel discussion and workshop Saturday will weigh the cost of our national military budget and local education."Saving Our Schools: Balancing Books and Bombs'' will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon St.Sponsored by MetroWest Peace Action, the discussion will focus ...


Federal Money, Everyone's Morals: 10/01/2010

H. Patricia Hynes - Daily Hampshire Gazette

"... Budgets are moral documents," states Congresswoman Barbara Lee, but "they don't lend themselves to a moral reading." She adds that increases in military spending are made at the expense of federal investment in affordable housing, home care, childcare and education; yet, no budget documentation acknowledges this trade-off.


One Nation, Saving The American Dream: 10/01/2010

Maureen Aumand - Albany Times Union

Saturday, tens of thousands of citizens will converge on Washington for a historic march.


Npp, Afsc Reach Out To Kids: 09/28/2010

Maureen Turner - Valley Advocate

By the end of this month, the U.S. will have spent $1.05 trillion to fight the wars in Iraq ($747.3 billion) and Afghanistan ($299 billion), according to the Northampton-based National Priorities Project.It doesn't take a lot of imagination to come up with a long list of ways that money could ...


Us Sulks Due To Potential Loss Of British Bff: 09/27/2010

Carol Still - The Mount Holyoke News

By now we all know that the Conservative Party (read Republican) won big time in the United Kingdom's elections this past May, ending the Labour (read Democrat) Party's 13 years in power. We also know that the economy around the world is not doing so hot, and, given our knowledge ...


Around Town: Activist Brings 'War Dollars' Measure To Town Meeting: 09/24/2010

Scott Merzbach - Amherst Bulletin

A campaign to have money going toward war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan be returned for domestic priorities instead will be presented to fall Town Meeting.Town Meeting member Ruth Hooke this week said the "Bring the War Dollars Home" petition is part of a nationwide effort that recently met with ...


Pickens Warns Against Buying 'Enemy' Oil: 09/23/2010

Shaun Polczer - Calgary Herald

Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens said Wednesday that the United States' dependence on oil from the Middle East is indirectly funding the war in Afghanistan and leading to the deaths of American and Canadian soldiers while raising his nation's government debt. Speaking to a chamber of commerce audience in ...


Amherst Town Meeting To Consider 'War Dollars' Measure That Would Bring Money Back Home, Away From Iraq And Afghanistan: 09/22/2010

SCOTT MERZBACH - Daily Hampshire Gazette

AMHERST - Town Meeting members will be asked to endorse a resolution aimed at pressuring national leaders to bring the money now being spent on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan back to local communities. Ruth Hooke, a Town Meeting member, said Tuesday that the "Bring the War Dollars Home" petition ...