Blog - /blog/2014/10/03/participatory-budgeting-can-transform-our-democracy/
Oct. 3, 2014 - Last week I had the good fortune to join an amazing group of people doing exciting and transformative work in the growing field of participatory budgeting (“PB”), at the third annual PB Co...
Blog - /blog/2014/10/03/npp-us-treasury-heres-why-spending-data-matters/
Oct. 3, 2014 - ...federal spending data to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/02/state-smart-federal-grants-your-state/
Oct. 2, 2014 - ...federal grants that go directly to state governments and ultimately affect people in our communitites.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/30/spotlight-npps-health-care-and-affordable-care-act-voters-guides/
Sept. 30, 2014 - ...federal health care policy and spending before the November 4 election.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/22/congress-passes-spending-bill-top-three-takeaways/
Sept. 22, 2014 - Congress has settled how the government will spend billions of dollars over the next couple of months. From Syria to our own homegrown border crisis, here’s what you need to know.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/19/peoplesclimate-and-peoples-budget-worthsaving/
Sept. 19, 2014 - Even the Pentagon has called climate change a national security threat. Why do we spend so little on climate change initiatives compared to so much on other programs?
Blog - /blog/2014/09/17/state-smart-income-business-and-other-taxes-your-state/
Sept. 18, 2014 - ...federal tax contributions.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/16/notsofast-americamustknow-whenwillitend/
Sept. 16, 2014 - In the wake of President Obama’s speech to the nation last Wednesday, and with a bill in Congress today authorizing further military action against ISIS, we are left with several troubling quest...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/state-smart-cost-military-contracts-your-state-and-election/
Sept. 10, 2014 - ...federal contract spending in the states, with a spotlight on the Department of Defense.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/spotlight-npps-military-and-war-spending-voter-guides/
Sept. 9, 2014 - With a war budget that has topped $1.5 trillion since 2001 and ongoing cuts to domestic programs, military spending raises serious questiosn for voters in the upcoming November 4 election.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/19/15-trillion-and-counting-what-new-involvement-iraq-means-federal-spending/
Aug. 19, 2014 - As President Obama allowed a trickle of troops back into Iraq, and air strikes are expected to continue for weeks or months, Americans are wary about our role in a conflict most of us t...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/14/pick-your-better-border-budget-battle-can-we-reach-deal-border-crisis/
Aug. 14, 2014 - Competing funding proposals to deal with the border crisis express vastly different priorities about border security, refugee assistance, and legal representation, echoing the deep divisions about imm...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/07/deja-vu-all-over-again-can-congress-pass-budget/
Aug. 7, 2014 - With elections looming in November, most observers don’t expect Congress to pass a budget before the October 1 deadline.
Blog - /blog/2014/07/31/now-or-never-congress-struggles-beat-its-do-nothing-rep/
July 31, 2014 - This Congress is on track to be one of the least productive ever, with a full slate of immediate problems still unaddressed.
Blog - /blog/2014/07/03/give-peace-chance-what-federal-budget-tells-us-about-us-response-isis-and-iraq/
July 8, 2014 - How will the United States choose to respond to instability in Iraq, where ISIS is at the center of renewed conflict?
Blog - /blog/2014/07/02/whats-more-patriotic-investing-home-or-overseas/
July 2, 2014 - With Independence Day this week, Americans are celebrating all the things that make our country great. A patriotic mindset begs the question of how our involvement in conflicts overseas – like r...
Blog - /blog/2014/07/01/welcome-lindsay-koshgarian/
July 1, 2014 - NPP welcomes new research director Lindsay Koshgarian.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/24/npp-and-peace-action-hit-road-move-money/
June 23, 2014 - ...federal budget process, learn about current spending priorities, and develop strategies for how to change them.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/12/hidden-story-behind-student-loan-debt/
June 12, 2014 - Here's one way we could help Millenials attain higher education without burgeoning student loan debt.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/04/transparency-camp-government-spending-and-data-act/
June 4, 2014 - Federal spending transparency advocates gathered at Transparency Camp 2014 to hear the latest on the DATA Act and how to make it a success.
