Analysis - /analysis/2020/president-trumps-2021-budget-prioritizes-pentagon/
Feb. 10, 2020 - ...of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Treasury Department. From Agriculture to Education, and from Commerce to State, every other federal agency ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/15/phyllis-bennis-january-2020-democratic-debate/
Jan. 15, 2020 - ...of that country’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/15/wars-on-iraq-and-terror-cost-6-trillion/
Jan. 15, 2020 - ...War”. She refers to data researched by the Watson Institute showing the cost of the Iraq War and related costs to $6.9 Trillion since 2001, and how that money could be spent better.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/08/we-cant-afford-another-war/
Jan. 8, 2020 - ...war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/12/19/swords-into-plowshares-or-wind-solar-we-could-have/
Dec. 19, 2019 - ...of its electricity from renewable energy if we had used the money spent on our ill-advised wars in the Middle East to build wind and solar systems, as well as battery storage, here at home.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/12/15/hartung-lessons-battling-pentagon-four-decades/
Dec. 15, 2019 - ...of the National Priorities Project has pointed out, that sort of money could have underwritten significant parts of major initiatives like the Green New Deal or Medicare for All that would change...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/11/05/overturning-ACA-massive-tax-cut-for-wealthy/
Nov. 5, 2019 - ...ward infrastructure, social programs and climate investments while restoring “fair taxes” on corporations and the rich. Medicare for All could be paid for with an annual $350 billion tran...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/11/03/analysis-confirms-medicare-for-all-cost-fortune/
Nov. 3, 2019 - Lindsay Koshgarian, program director for the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, proposes cutting the military budget by more than $300 billion in order to finan...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/10/18/survey-americans-want-progressive-foreign-policy/
Oct. 18, 2019 - The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released research detailing how Medicare for All could be funded by slashing the United States military budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/06/30/new-yorker-democrats-cautious-return-war-poverty/
June 30, 2019 - ...of struggling Americans.
Blog - /blog/2019/06/27/what-wasnt-said-first-democratic-debate-should-have-been/
June 27, 2019 - ...of topics from five moderators at the first Democratic presidential debate last night. Here's what the candidates and moderators didn't say, but should have.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/poor-peoples-moral-budget-key-findings/
June 17, 2019 - Key findings from the Poor People's Moral Budget report.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/cutting-350-billion-from-military-budget/
June 16, 2019 - ...of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea - combined.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/tax-day-2019-notes-and-sources/
April 11, 2019 - ...of the taxes withheld from your paycheck, and due this year on April 15.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/seven-surprising-tax-facts-2019/
April 11, 2019 - Seven surprising facts about where our tax dollars go, and who pays what.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/09/11/17-Years-After-9-11-Pentagon-Ignores-Trillions/
Sept. 11, 2018 - ...war spending at more than $5 trillion, the Pentagon's latest lowball estimate is making headlines.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/08/15/Trump-Snubbed-McCain-The-Media-Snubbed-Us/
Aug. 15, 2018 - ...war-mongering spending bill, you can be sure Congress will follow. The bill passed by huge bipartisan margins in both the House and Senate.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/06/14/Military-Industrial-Drain/
June 14, 2018 - ...wars and enrich defense contractors, while draining money from investment in the American people.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/06/12/diplomacy-better-than-war-north-korea/
June 12, 2018 - ...war, the Singapore Summit is a good development.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/04/17/Astronomical-Cost-of-War/
April 17, 2018 - ...of Americans."
