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.
Blog - /blog/2021/04/07/if-impoverished-countries-can-host-millions-refugees-us-can-welcome-few-thousand/
- The factors that drive displacement are often complex, but welcoming refugees isn't.
Blog - /blog/2021/04/22/some-reparations-are-common-sense/
- Three white Jeopardy contestants recently thought reparations had already been paid. It made me feel strangely optimistic.
Blog - /blog/2021/04/12/stop-calling-it-border-crisis/
- People escaping violence have a right to seek safety. If they can’t, that’s the real crisis.
Blog - /blog/2021/05/12/americas-immigration-solution/
- What's the answer to declining births, labor shortages, and spending shortfalls? Immigration. Just ask Germany.
Blog - /blog/2021/05/20/palestinian-lives-matter/
- We can’t say we support justice and human rights in this country while supporting violence and expulsion abroad.
Blog - /blog/2021/07/14/dont-go-small-infrastructure/
- By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone’s needs and strengthen our economy.
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.
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...
Blog - /blog/2021/04/16/bidens-pentagon-still-trumps-pentagon/
- With his 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...
Blog - /blog/2021/03/03/bombing-syria-vs-raising-wages-when-do-rules-apply/
- The Biden administration is bending rules to drop bombs but not raise wages. That’s a mistake.
Blog - /blog/2021/02/08/tackling-prison-profiteers-will-take-more-banning-private-prisons/
- Biden’s order rolling back for-profit prisons is a good first step. Next we need to end for-profit immigration detention.
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.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/07/new-plan-end-unemployment-crisis/
- A new economic renewal plan would put millions of people back to work building a fairer, healthier, and more sustainable economy.
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.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/02/pentagon-took-money-ppe-and-bought-weapons/
- Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives.
Blog - /blog/2020/09/28/pentagon-blew-1-billion-coronavirus-relief-funds-military-equipment/
- The Pentagon misused much of $1 billion in congressionally appropriated COVID-19 relief funding, funneling it mostly to military contractors and using the money to make things like jet engine par...
Blog - /blog/2020/09/16/its-pandemic-military-spending-hikes-should-be-off-table/
- Wildly profitable military contractors have been unapologetically shaking down lawmakers for pandemic cash.
Blog - /blog/2020/08/27/small-towns-dont-need-military-helicopters/
- A little-known federal program dumps military equipment on local police forces. We need to end it.
Blog - /blog/2020/08/21/spending-more-military-means-lining-pockets-top-defense-industry-executives/
- Under the Trump administration, the military-industrial revolving door has only spun faster, as more private sector executives make the jump to the public sector with little government or military exp...
