Blog - /blog/2010/09/23/fall-spotlight-healthcare/
Sept. 23, 2010 - On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC). In tandem with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, ratified a week later to amen...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/21/fall-spotlight-energy/
Sept. 21, 2010 - ...use of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) to address the role of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in perpetuating climate change. Most notably, the bill features a 'cap an...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/20/who-will-face-the-music-for-iraqs-future-a-sad-sot/
Sept. 20, 2010 - US President Barack Obama's August 31 speech, in which he announced the long-awaited drawdown of US combat troops in Iraq in line with his previous statements made all throughout his presidential camp...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/11/peace-group-gathering-to-end-americas-longest-war/
Sept. 11, 2010 - ...used airplanes as weapons to attack the World Trade Center. I remember how important it was for me to be able to share with others the confusion I felt about how to respond nonviolently to such an ass...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/07/fall-spotlight-education/
Sept. 7, 2010 - ...ush Administration's “No Child Left Behind Act” (NCLB). ESEA mandates that an increased proportion of the education budget be allocated towards programs ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/26/in-search-of-real-security-part-one-a-closer-look-/
Aug. 26, 2010 - LIHUE—Ours is a nation obsessed with security. Two months after the bitter sting of the 9/11 attacks, the federal government formed the Transportation Security Administration and, one year later, the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/25/national-priorities/
Aug. 25, 2010 - ...US from instituting a nonviolent national policy toward others on this planet? Our devotion to violence and violent threat. Our military is fearsome and guarantees that we are hated by much of the wor...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - ...spending programs. The tool estimates FY2011 spending for select federal programs for individual states, counties, congressional districts, and towns. It then represents these dollar amounts in terms ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/24/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - ...ust 24 - With all eyes on our nation's budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal spending programs....
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/23/how-much-is-enough-americas-runaway-military-spend/
Aug. 23, 2010 - ...ust 9 announcement by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates of cost-containment measures at the Defense Department should not obscure two underlying facts. First, as he conceded, these proposed economies ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/19/stop-talkin-bout-a-greenwashed-revolution/
Aug. 19, 2010 - The most recent tally of the cost of war by the non-profit National Priorities Project (NPP) puts total military-related expenditures (through September, 2010) at a mind-numbing $1.09 trillion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/19/debt-deficits-and-defense-cuts/
Aug. 19, 2010 - ...use the matter of massive debt and deficits to push for drastic cuts in our national U.S. military budget. The proposed cuts, which total $960 billion, could leave the U.S. as a second-rate military p...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/14/americas-biggest-jobs-program-the-us-military/
Aug. 14, 2010 - America's biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/15/pentagon-spending-on-the-chopping-block/
July 15, 2010 - ...defense budget while preserving U.S. national security. The Sustainable Defense Task Force released its report, "Debt, Deficits and Defense: A Way Forward," on June 11, in Washington, D.C. The Task Fo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/14/pratt-ge-escalate-engine-battle-in-congress/
July 14, 2010 - ...defense authorization bill later this month.The parallel fight over the defense appropriations bills will also begin to unfold in the coming weeks. In the House, a defense spending subcommittee is exp...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/11/whos-war-is-it-anyway/
July 11, 2010 - As recently as last month, President Barrack Obama in his speech to West Point cadets was defending his escalation of the war in Afghanistan. He called for an "international order that can meet challe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/07/preventing-and-curing-conflict/
July 7, 2010 - ...us saw war as a global health problem?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/22/trillion-dollar-dreams-what-military-spending-coul/
June 22, 2010 - ...usand deaths of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan.Many feel with all the money spent America is not any safer, and argue war is a bad investment. In 2008 the U.S. approved $696.3 billion in def...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/15/focus-on-national-security/
June 15, 2010 - ...defense budget must not be cut no matter how big the budget deficit is. Any savings achieved in defense programs should only be used to expand other defense programs, he said. On June 11, the Sustaina...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/11/panel-commissioneb-by-barney-frank-recommends-near/
June 11, 2010 - A panel commissioned by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is recommending nearly $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon's budget during the next 10 years.
