Analysis - /analysis/2021/progress-pentagon-cuts-must-continue/
Sept. 23, 2021 - Two votes on cuts to the Pentagon budget today showed more members of Congress are willing to take a stand against a bloated Pentagon budget that has fueled endless wars and obscene profits for milita...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/21/bite-size-me-democrats-fear-transformation/
Sept. 21, 2021 - Establishment Democrats want their military spending supersized and their domestic spending bite-sized.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/20/is-pentagon-budget-too-big/
Sept. 20, 2021 - The U.S. defense budget is more than $700 billion dollars. How efficiently are those dollars being spent? Congress keeps appropriating more to the Pentagon. But some lawmakers say it's time ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/19/us-21-trillion-war-terror-half-decarbonize-grid/
Sept. 19, 2021 - 1. Since the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. has spent $21 trillion on wars and militarism, which has eroded civil liberties and caused millions of deaths, injuries, and deportations. 2. For less than half th...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/10/911-need-still-for-justice-not-vengeance/
Sept. 10, 2021 - The US has spent over $21 trillion on wars, the military, and the national security state since 9/11. That money should have been used for health care, climate, jobs, and education.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/why-are-americans-paying-32m-every-hour-war-911/
Sept. 9, 2021 - I was the sole member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan. Congress has yet to stand up against endless militarism
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/war-on-terror-militarized-america-more-than-ever/
Sept. 9, 2021 - The War on Terror projected American power abroad with devastating consequences. But it also wrought suffering and waste at home, with consequences we’re still living with today.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/millennial-lawmakers-fresh-takes-foreign-policy/
Sept. 8, 2021 - Millennials who were just kids on 9/11 are now old enough to hold office. Research shows they're likely to see the world much differently than older generations because of their formative age at the t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/imagine-last-20-years-fighting-climate-instead-war/
Sept. 7, 2021 - At the dawn of the new millennium, we directed our national resources in the exact wrong direction. But it’s not too late to turn things around.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/31/as-afghan-war-ends-gop-adds-25-billion-military/
Aug. 31, 2021 - "They want billions more for war even as we withdraw from Afghanistan. We have to stop this amendment."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/17/one-year-afghanistan-war-resettle-million-refugees/
Aug. 17, 2021 - "We've spent billions on war. Now, let's spend to bring Afghans to safety."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/15/advocacy-urge-pelosi-pentagon-infrastructure/
July 15, 2021 - More than 40 advocacy groups are urging congressional leadership to keep any Pentagon funding out of the upcoming infrastructure packages.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/08/45-Groups-Say-No-to-China-Cold-War/
July 8, 2021 - "Amid a climate emergency that is wreaking havoc on communities across the globe, the path to a livable future demands new internationalism rooted in global cooperation, resource sharing, and solidari...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/22/congress-plans-climate-resiliency-for-military/
May 22, 2021 - ...housing, or prisons.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/11/biden-budget-billion-israel-military-climate/
May 11, 2021 - A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/22/solving-climate-crisis-hinges-us-china-cooperation/
April 22, 2021 - The U.S. and China are the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas polluters, together constituting some 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. On Sunday, leaders from the two countries announced...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/18/earth-day-wish-demilitarize-santa-barbara/
April 18, 2021 - We spend trillions of dollars on endless wars, nuclear weapons and some 800 overseas U.S. bases — none of which defend us against climate disruption, against flash flooding in Montecito or wildf...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/15/joe-biden-isnt-close-to-historic-president-yet/
April 15, 2021 - It’s not clear that the president even has a plan to pass the kind of legislation that would earn him comparisons to FDR.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/pouring-money-pentagon-cant-prevent-another-pandemic/
April 9, 2021 - At $753 billion, President Biden's requested Pentagon budget increase continues the dangerous and short-sighted path of ballooning military spending set by President Trump, and fails to recognize the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/09/Congress-Urged-to-Reject-Bidens-Pentagon-Budget/
April 9, 2021 - President Joe Biden on Friday is reportedly expected to request a $715 billion budget for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2022, a slight increase from the previous year and a far cry from the substantial...
