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Beyond the Enforcement Paradigm: A Vision for a Transformative Budget for U.S. Immigration

Blog - /blog/2022/05/06/beyond-enforcement-paradigm-vision-transformative-budget-us-immigration/

- ...budget proposal on U.S. immigration.

Tax Day 2022: We Got The Receipts

Blog - /blog/2022/04/18/tax-day-2022-we-got-receipts/

- How does our government actually spend our tax dollars? Around Tax Day, it’s fair to wonder. Most of us never find out.  But at NPP, we got the receipts. 

Biden FY 2023 Budget Maintains Trump-Era Spending on ICE and CBP

Blog - /blog/2022/04/13/biden-fy-2023-budget-maintains-trump-era-spending-ice-cbp/

- The Biden administration came into office promising to dismantle Trump’s harmful immigration policies. But we have been dismayed to see violent and deadly immigration enforcement policies c...

What's in the FY 2022 budget deal for the military?

Blog - /blog/2022/03/09/whats-fy-2022-budget-deal-military/

- ...budget deal announced today continues a longstanding trend of overfunding the military and underfunding domestic and human needs, providing $782 billion for the miltiary and only $730 billion for...

The US COMPETES with China — At What Cost?

Blog - /blog/2022/02/07/us-competes-china-what-cost/

- The House passed a sweeping bill to counter China economically, the America COMPETES Act, with $52 billion for fund the production of computer chips. What else could that pay for?

The Hypocrisy of the Federal Spending Debate

Blog - /blog/2021/10/20/hypocrisy-federal-spending-debate/

- Why is it controversial to spend on social programs but not the Pentagon? Or to subsidize the poor but not the rich?  

NPP Trade-Offs Tool Shows Us Exactly What Resources We Could Invest in When We Divest from ICE & CBP

Blog - /blog/2021/09/21/npp-trade-offs-tool-shows-us-exactly-what-resources-we-could-invest-when-we-divest-ice-cbp/

- Congress has the resources to invest in our community.

Osama's Ghost: The Economics of Overextension

Blog - /blog/2021/06/11/osamas-ghost-economics-overextension/

- Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.

A Plan to End Poverty in the United States

Blog - /blog/2021/06/07/plan-end-poverty-united-states/

- A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary.

America's Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn't Making Us Any Safer

Blog - /blog/2021/06/30/americas-nearly-13-trillion-national-security-budget-isnt-making-us-any-safer/

- Pouring more money into endless wars, nuclear weapons, overseas bases, and boondoggle weapons programs won't protect anyone.

Dear U.S. Navy: Don't Dump Your Ships in Our Oceans

Blog - /blog/2021/07/30/dear-us-navy-dont-dump-your-ships-our-oceans/

- For the past 40 years, the U.S. military has turned retired and decommissioned military equipment-- such as ships and tanks-- into artificial reefs.

The Military Wasn't a Way Out of Poverty for Me

Blog - /blog/2021/06/24/fight-poverty-cut-pentagon-budget/

- For me, the military wasn’t a way out of poverty. Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.

Does Biden Put His Money Where His Mouth Is On Climate?

Blog - /blog/2021/04/30/when-it-comes-climate-does-biden-put-his-money-where-his-mouth/

- Last week the White House convened a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with forty leaders from the world's largest economies presenting their plans to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris C...

Biden's Pentagon is Still Trump's Pentagon

Blog - /blog/2021/04/16/bidens-pentagon-still-trumps-pentagon/

- ...budget proposal last week, President Biden made clear his intention to continue in the footsteps of President Trump. The proposal called for an increase in Pentagon and war spending from $740 bil...

Biden's 2022 budget raises military spending past $750 billion

Blog - /blog/2021/04/09/biden-2022-budget-raises-military-spending-past-750-billion/

- ...budget” request. While not a full breakdown, the “skinny budget” offers a critical glimpse at topline discretionary budget spending and speaks volumes about the administration's prio...

U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surges Past $1 Trillion Since Start of Pandemic — Total Grows to $4 Trillion

Blog - /blog/2020/12/10/us-billionaire-wealth-surges-past-1-trillion-start-pandemic-total-grows-4-trillion/

- Billionaire's wealth growth since March is more than the $908 billion pandemic relief package proposed by a bipartisan group of members of Congres—which has been stalled over Republican concerns...

The U.S. Needs COVID Relief and Renewable Energy, Not a Space Force

Blog - /blog/2020/12/17/us-needs-covid-relief-and-renewable-energy-not-space-force/

- Instead of wasting scarce funds on the Space Force, the Biden administration should deploy its diplomats to demilitarize space.

The COVID Deal is a Welcome Stopgap. Congressional Progressives Aim for Much More in 2021.

Blog - /blog/2020/12/22/covid-deal-welcome-stopgap-congressional-progressives-aim-much-more-2021/

- The Progressive Caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.

Overhauling U.S Foreign Policy: The Bitter Fights Ahead

Blog - /blog/2020/10/19/overhauling-us-foreign-policy-bitter-fights-ahead/

- After Election Day, we can’t just go back to the status quo. On foreign policy especially, movements need to be ready to push a new administration hard.

Indigenous Peoples Day and the Years of Repair

Blog - /blog/2020/10/12/imagining-years-repair-indigenous-peoples-day/

- The Years of Repair shows how we can transform moments of urgent global crisis into catalysts for demanding and achieving a restorative, progressive vision for the future.