Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/27/Pentagon-Devours-Budget/
Feb. 27, 2018 - Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/27/Pentagon-Budget-Corporate-Welfare/
Feb. 27, 2018 - ...military outlays. Read More
Analysis - /analysis/2018/trump-budget-request-takes-military-share-spending-historic-levels/
Feb. 15, 2018 - ...military spending would make up 65 percent of the federal discretionary budget, compared to 54 percent in 2018.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/15/Trump-Hates-Poor/
Feb. 15, 2018 - Trump's budget proposal has something to hurt almost everyone, but it's a perfect storm for the poor.
Analysis - /analysis/2018/trumps-fy2019-budget-request-has-massive-cuts-nearly-everything-military/
Feb. 12, 2018 - The president's priorities are clear: ever-increasing funds for the Pentagon, nuclear weapons and Homeland Security, and massive cuts to almost everything else.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/01/Trump-Lies-Pave-Way-for-War/
Feb. 1, 2018 - ...military bluster and buildup, and it's one that goes boom.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/01/25/Dark-Money-at-Pentagon/
Jan. 25, 2018 - ...military spending. We might never find out where it went.
Analysis - /analysis/2017/souls-poor-folk-preliminary-report/
Dec. 4, 2017 - To support this modern-day Poor People’s Campaign, the Institute for Policy Studies has produced an analysis of the campaign’s four core issues: racism, poverty, the war economy/militarism...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/12/04/10-Reasons-Revive-Poor-Peoples-Campaign/
Dec. 4, 2017 - Inspired by an initiative cut short by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moral leaders are planning a wave of civil disobedience.
Blog - /blog/2017/08/29/announcing-our-new-partnership-institute-policy-studies-letter-npp-supporters-executive-director-nora-ranney/
Aug. 29, 2017 - As of October 1, National Priorities Project (NPP) will join the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/08/22/hard-number-war-afghanistan/
Aug. 22, 2017 - Last night, President Trump was expected to announce that he would be sending several thousand more troops to Afghanistan, where the United States has been at war for 16 years and violence and corrupt...
Analysis - /analysis/2017/protecting-our-communities-states-guide-demilitarizing-brighter-future/
July 20, 2017 - ...military spending, with its major focus on exerting U.S. influence and dominance overseas, has an analog here at home: spending on policing, incarceration, and immigration enforcement.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/07/19/Planey-money-budget-time/
July 19, 2017 - On today's show, we are going to explain every dollar the federal government spent last year — nearly $4 trillion — in 10 minutes.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/04/19/how-much-war-has-cost-since-9-11/
April 19, 2017 - Volatile international relations between the United States and other nations have brought the possibility of war to the forefront of public discussion.
Blog - /blog/2017/04/18/tax-day-2017-taxes-and-all-feels/
April 18, 2017 - Taxes are like membership dues. We pay them to fund our priorities – the services and programs we care about – and they are also an investment in our country’s future.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/04/18/this-is-where-your-tax-dollars-went/
April 18, 2017 - ...military last year
Analysis - /analysis/2017/tax-day-2017/tax-day-2017-social-media-resource-kit/
April 13, 2017 - Our social media toolkit with graphics and sample tweets abotu where your tax dollar goes: miltiarism, the Pentagon, incarceration and immigration. And what we should do instead: health care, educatio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/04/12/Building-new-militarism-movement/
April 12, 2017 - As Martin Luther King Jr. noted 50 years ago, you can’t fight militarism unless you also fight racism and materialism.
Analysis - /analysis/2017/militarized-budget-2017/
April 3, 2017 - In 2016, the "militarized" budget amounted to 64 percent of discretionary spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2017/tax-day-2017/tax-day-2017-notes-and-sources/
March 28, 2017 - Tax Day 2017: How we did it.
