Analysis - /analysis/2023/tax-day-2023/
April 17, 2023 - Tax Day this year is April 18, 2023. Americans will file their tax returns for all income received in 2022. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/04/17/tax-day-pentagon-contractor-day/
April 17, 2023 - NPP just released their Tax Day 2023 receipt, which found that the average taxpayer paid $1,087 for Pentagon contractors in 2022. The average taxpayer paid $70 for deportations and bord...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/04/17/average-taxpayer-spent-pentagon-contractors-2022/
April 17, 2023 - ...military, and in militarized law enforcement, and not nearly enough on prevention, people, and our communities."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/03/13/20-years-dept-homeland-security-is-failure/
March 13, 2023 - Twenty years ago this month, the U.S. government took a sharp turn toward surveillance, racial profiling, and an immigration policy based on fear.
Blog - /blog/2023/02/21/seven-things-we-could-do-if-we-cut-pentagon-100-billion/
Feb. 22, 2023 - What would be possible if we had an extra $100 billion to spend on urgent human needs?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/02/02/cut-spendings-republicans-liberals-have-some-ideas/
Feb. 2, 2023 - If we wanted to do some budget-cutting — not under the extortionist threat of default, but just because it might be worthwhile — what federal spending do liberals think we could ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/01/26/research-details-promise-converting-war-economy/
Jan. 26, 2023 - ...Military industrial production can be redirected to civilian technologies that contribute to societal well-being and provide green jobs," says the Costs of War project.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/01/19/chip-war-comes-home/
Jan. 19, 2023 - The collateral damage of America's battle with China for the future of tech
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/23/Dems-Making-A-Devils-Bargain-on-Pentagon-Spending/
Dec. 23, 2022 - ...military budget increases in exchange for a smattering of social benefits funding — a common devil’s bargain struck by Democrats in Congress — will never deliver the kind of world we...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/22/food-banks-struggle-congress-858-billion-military/
Dec. 22, 2022 - ...military budget and Republicans derailed the Child Tax Credit expansion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/22/2023-military-budget-hike-3200-times-nlrb-increase/
Dec. 22, 2022 - If a budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-rewards-military-expense-domestic-needs/
Dec. 20, 2022 - ...military spending. It’s unconscionable to keep throwing more money at Pentagon contractors when so many in this country are struggling needlessly,” said Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Directo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/01/pentagon-fails-audit-congress-poised-847-billion/
Dec. 1, 2022 - "This isn't using our taxpayer dollars wisely," said the National Priorities Project. "It's robbing programs that we need, like the discontinued child tax credit that cut child poverty by half."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/30/lawmakers-propose-record-847b-defense-budget/
Nov. 30, 2022 - Antiwar and progressive advocates have strongly condemned the proposed budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/04/Midterms-have-enormous-stakes-for-poor-Americans/
Nov. 4, 2022 - Our wellbeing is on the ballot this November. Amid a pandemic, rising inflation, and deepening financial instability, we need a strong commitment from all candidates to our children, families and plan...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/10/17/peace-activists-demand-us-cancel-f35-fighter/
Oct. 17, 2022 - "To the people in the countries the F-35 is sold to and produced in, it's time we demand a reinvestment into life, not war," asserted Pink Floyd rocker and peace activist Roger Waters.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/fact-sheet-no-national-security-without-climate-security/
Sept. 29, 2022 - ...military approaches to geopolitical challenges.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/08/24/pentagon-wants-multibillion-dollar-plane-secret/
Aug. 24, 2022 - The Air Force just awarded major contracts for a fighter that is supposed to achieve ‘air dominance.’ Why can’t the public see what it is?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/08/17/climate-bill-activists-demand-biden-kill-oil-deal/
Aug. 17, 2022 - President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. But activists aren’t taking this time to rest; after all, the bill contains “poison pills” to expand f...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/07/22/us-defensive-weapons-saudi-arabia-distinction/
July 22, 2022 - Reports say Washington is considering lifting a ban on 'offensive' weapons to Riyadh. Experts say there is no distinction between offensive and defensive weapons
