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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/09/biden-trillion-budget-hike-social-programs/
April 9, 2021 - President Biden on Friday proposed a $1.5 trillion annual budget for fiscal 2022, $118 billion higher than the regular 2020 appropriations, featuring a significant 16 percent boost in nondefense spend...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/03/24/congress-given-path-cut-pentagon-budget-80-billion/
March 24, 2021 - "We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/02/05/rethinking-us-security/
Feb. 5, 2021 - Most Americans who either support or accept the large amount of money spent on the U.S. military probably do so because they think it makes our nation secure. But does it really?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/02/02/warren-blasts-unconscionable-740-billion-pentagon/
Feb. 2, 2021 - "A budget is about priorities," said Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/15/more-military-money-more-problems/
Jan. 15, 2021 - An organized left must take stock of strategic cleavages to push for military spending cuts in the near term, and lay the groundwork for major long-term transformation of U.S. policies away from milit...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/12/03/congress-deadlock-covid-relief-but-funded-pentagon/
Dec. 3, 2020 - There is always money for war.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/11/30/why-did-democrats-lose-seats-they-expected-to-win/
Nov. 30, 2020 - Democrats lost several state legislative races, which could impact redistricting, Medicaid expansion, climate action, and voting rights. Why did Democrats lose seats they expected to win? Where is the...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/11/24/climate-change-national-security-coopt-pentagon/
Nov. 24, 2020 - Read the fine print before rushing to deem climate change a “national security” threat.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/11/21/liberals-rally-forestall-centrist-budget-nominee/
Nov. 21, 2020 - Liberal groups are rallying to forestall the possibility that President-elect Joe Biden selects Bruce Reed to head his administration’s Office of Management and Budget, as they fear his relative...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/11/12/transition-2020-biden-defense-team-under-fire/
Nov. 12, 2020 - President-elect Joe Biden's transition is getting pressure from liberal lawmakers, progressive think tanks and anti-war groups to bring on a more diverse and broad-minded set of Pentagon advisers who ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/10/28/climate-chaos-liberal-militarization-response/
Oct. 28, 2020 - Everywhere we turn in liberal discourse, high-profile Democrats and center-left media are framing climate change as a “national security” risk requiring national security solutions. But he...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/10/12/dismantling-systems-that-enable-police-terror/
Oct. 12, 2020 - If we are intent on getting justice for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, and so many others, the system must be dismantled.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/30/democrats-pounce-trump-income-tax-story/
Sept. 30, 2020 - President Donald Trump denies it, Arizona Republicans largely ignored it but state Democrats pounced on it – a New York Times report this week that the president paid as little as $750 in federa...
