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/2021/08/30/latest-climate-report-code-red-humanity/
Aug. 30, 2021 - Less than a decade remains to avoid potentially catastrophic impacts of a warming planet, according to the latest report from the world's top scientists.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/29/less-than-decade-action-on-climate-change/
Aug. 29, 2021 - The Pentagon has known for years that climate change poses one of the greatest threats to national security, yet over the past two decades Americans have seen $6.4 trillion of their tax dollars funnel...
Blog - /blog/2021/08/25/just-transition-defense-industries-lessons-fossil-fuel-transitions/
Aug. 25, 2021 - Plans for a Just Transition away from defense industries do not need to be pulled out of thin air. The ongoing efforts to transition economies, workers, and communities out of the harmful fossil fuel ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/08/25/lets-take-profit-out-of-war/
Aug. 25, 2021 - Military spending, Lindsay Koshgarian of the IPS National Priorities Project points out, currently "takes up more than half of the discretionary federal budget each year," and over half that spending ...
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."
Analysis - /analysis/2021/national-priorities-project-commends-senate-rejection-50-billion-pentagon-grab/
Aug. 10, 2021 - August 10 - Today the Senate rejected an amendment to the budget resolution to add $50 billion to the Pentagon budget, 46-53. The National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies i...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/27/biden-climate-pledge-threatens-belligerence-china/
July 27, 2021 - Bipartisan saber rattling and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/20/hallmark-rumsfeld-reign-human-suffering/
July 20, 2021 - Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld died last month on June 29. It’s too bad the memories and horrifying results of the wars he started can’t die with him. Unfortunately, we are st...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/07/20/americas-climate-security-dilemma/
July 20, 2021 - ...military terms.
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...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/president-bidens-fy-2022-budget-request/
June 11, 2021 - ...military aid.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/06/04/Bidens-Unconscionable-Military-Budget/
June 4, 2021 - ...military bloat.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/forever-increasing-pentagon-budget-undermines-american-security/
May 28, 2021 - Today’s budget proposal rightly calls for major increases in domestic investment. But at the same time, its continued funding increases for the Pentagon undermine the prioritization of real secu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/22/congress-plans-climate-resiliency-for-military/
May 22, 2021 - Since 2019, Congress has repeatedly held hearings on climate resiliency for bases, but hardly ever talks about schools, public 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."
Analysis - /analysis/2021/no-warming-no-war/climate-militarism-migration/
April 22, 2021 - ...military power in response to climate-linked migration. Immigration policy is climate policy, and demilitarization is at the core of upholding the right to move and the right to stay.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/22/Biden-think-big-on-jobs-small-on-Pentagon/
April 22, 2021 - ...military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/20/groups-push-austin-downsize-budget-wish-lists/
April 20, 2021 - ...military’s “unfunded requirements lists,” a left-right coalition of advocacy groups is urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
