Analysis - /analysis/2021/national-priorities-project-institute-policy-studies-condemns-passage-768-billio/
Dec. 8, 2021 - The House of Representatives yesterday voted to approve a $768 billion Pentagon bill. National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies released the following statement.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/11/19/progressive-slam-shameful-25-billion-pentagon/
Nov. 19, 2021 - "Congress must resist the demands of the military-industrial complex, and instead heed calls to invest taxpayer dollars into true human needs."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/19/senate-panel-approves-extra-29-billion-pentagon/
Oct. 19, 2021 - The Senate committee vote included $10 billion more than requested. "That's $100 billion over 10 years—or half the cost of universal pre-K, which we're told we can't afford," said one critic.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/03/climate-crisis-vs-military-spending/
Oct. 3, 2021 - The Climate Crisis is the most-certain and the most-immediate of any of the threats the U.S. faces, including the military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/
Sept. 30, 2021 - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to bl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/29/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-militarism/
Sept. 29, 2021 - Since the 9/11 attacks, the US has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression, all in the name of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ repor...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/24/dems-oppose-pentagon-cuts-receive-weapons-donation/
Sept. 24, 2021 - The latest passage of the NDAA "is particularly strong evidence that Pentagon contractors' interests easily take precedence over national security and the public interest for too many members of Congr...
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...
