Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/28/climate-change-cant-be-excuse-for-militarization/
Jan. 28, 2021 - President Joe Biden signed a suite of executive orders on climate policy, including one that enshrines climate change as a key consideration for American foreign policy and national security. Tha...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/15/more-military-money-more-problems/
Jan. 15, 2021 - ...military spending cuts in the near term, and lay the groundwork for major long-term transformation of U.S. policies away from militarism and imperial domination of the rest of the world, and toward so...
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/2020/12/03/can-biden-ensure-every-agency-fight-climate-change/
Dec. 3, 2020 - President-elect Joe Biden has an unprecedented opportunity to walk the U.S.—and perhaps the world—back from the brink on climate change. After four years of harmful deregulation, his work ...
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/2020/11/12/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 ...
Blog - /blog/2020/11/09/muzzling-dissent-how-militarized-police-fossil-fuel-corporations-are-criminalizing-protest/
Nov. 10, 2020 - A new Institute for Policy Studies report exposes the troubling link between new laws criminalizing protesters and the fossil fuel industry’s deep influence over elected officials.
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/2020/10/21/Bipartisan-Anti-China-Rhetoric-Military-Spending/
Oct. 21, 2020 - Republicans and Democrats are using the “menace” of China to justify pouring billions into the Pentagon’s budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/10/21/Looming-Failure-of-Stimulus-GOP-Double-Standard/
Oct. 21, 2020 - With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell coming out against a stimulus deal, it looks increasingly unlikely that Congress will pass a COVID stimulus bill before the election. While suppos...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/29/how-nonprofit-orgs-encourage-citizen-participation/
Sept. 29, 2020 - If you have been looking for organizations to support leading into this election year and going forward, here is a sample of some of the great nonprofits working with citizen participation.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/25/40-groups-demand-gross-misuse-pentagon-covid-funds/
Sept. 25, 2020 - "It's unconscionable that the department would prioritize defense contractor wish lists over the health and safety of the American people."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/23/high-price-of-police-militarization/
Sept. 23, 2020 - A new study highlights the “cruel, domestic” cost of America’s post-9/11 wars.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/no-warming-no-war-webinar-transcript/
Sept. 15, 2020 - If you want to better understand the connections between militarism, racism, and the climate crisis, read the English-language transcript of our "No Warming, No War" webinar from Monday, July 27.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/15/missing-from-mainstream-media/
Sept. 15, 2020 - How many jobs are generated by constructive enterprises compared to weapons and warfare? The National Priorities Project shows better employment from health, education, housing, and infrastructure bui...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/14/time-to-rein-in-inflated-military-budgets/
Sept. 14, 2020 - In an era of pandemics and climate change, we need to reconsider what “national security” means.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/09/11/oregon-fight-wildfire-helicopters-sent-afghanistan/
Sept. 11, 2020 - Many of Oregon’s largest firefighting aircraft are not available because the Department of Defense has sent them to Afghanistan to fight in the 20-year-old war.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/08/26/austerity-politics-wont-cut-pentagon-spending/
Aug. 26, 2020 - ...military overreach it represents — the deficit fears deeply ingrained in American politics may seem like a nifty political means. But this is at best a short-term strategy.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/ten-percent-pentagon-cut-would-return-us-obama-biden-levels/
Aug. 11, 2020 - ...military spending and policy bill (the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, or “NDAA”), progressive lawmakers have put forward a proposal to cut the massive $740 billio...
