Blog - /blog/2015/10/21/five-reasons-we-cant-wait-universal-preschool/
Oct. 21, 2015 - It’s time to get serious about what families need in the 21st century.
Blog - /blog/2015/10/20/lesson-we-must-learn-afghanistan/
Oct. 20, 2015 - The president announcing that he will not withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year is a devastating blow.
Blog - /blog/2015/10/08/congress-sends-national-defense-authorization-act-president/
Oct. 8, 2015 - Yesterday, in a 70-27 vote, lawmakers in the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which lays out how the Pentagon might spend its 2016 $612 billion budget.
Blog - /blog/2015/09/24/whats-next-iran-nuclear-deal/
Sept. 24, 2015 - As of last week, the deal is officially in effect as lawmakers have lost their opportunity to block implementation of the plan. WHat happens next?
Blog - /blog/2015/09/16/whats-going-iran-deal/
Sept. 16, 2015 - Last week, Senate Democrats filibustered a vote to reject the Iran deal. What's next?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/08/05/bernie-sanders-should-stop-ducking-foreign-policy/
Aug. 5, 2015 - ...military spending and war. That approach should change. (more)
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/07/30/change-your-gun-laws-america/
July 30, 2015 - ...military operations in many others, and spending more than $800 billion onhomeland security. Americans have accepted an unprecedented expansion of (more)
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/07/24/defense-spending-wasteful-unsafe/
July 24, 2015 - ...military accounts for a staggering 40% of global military spending, but this isn’t anything new, folks. The United States has been experiencing a century of extreme defense spending, a...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/07/17/private-defense-contractors-need-war/
July 17, 2015 - Private Defense Contractors Need War to Keep Profits High Mark Karlin The National Priorities Project, an organization that analyzes the US budget, projects that "in fiscal year 2015, military spendin...
Blog - /blog/2015/07/16/avoiding-war-us-reaches-nuclear-deal-iran/
July 16, 2015 - Earlier this week, President Obama announced that after more than a year and a half of negotiations, the U.S. reached a nuclear deal with Iran. This newly reached deal provides hope that we as a ...
Blog - /blog/2015/06/17/three-foreign-aid-mythbusters/
June 17, 2015 - On average, Americans believe that approximately a quarter of the US federal budget is spent on foreign aid. It's actually closer to one percent.
Blog - /blog/2015/06/12/pentagon-prize-time-top-10-federal-contractors/
June 12, 2015 - In fiscal year 2014, the United States government paid out an astounding $444 billion in federal contracts -- equivalent to almost forty percent of the federal discretionary budget for 2014.
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-pentagon-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...military expenditures are roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/pentagon-budget-request-fy2016/
June 4, 2015 - On February 2, the Obama Administration released its fiscal year 2016 budget request reflecting input from the Department of Defense. Here's what they asked for.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/29/turning-point-what-we-spend-isis/
May 29, 2015 - With ISIS in the news again recently and new fears about abilities to contain the threat, we're taking another look at what this fight is costing us.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/26/memorial-day-praying-for-peace-permanent-war/
May 26, 2015 - ...military presence, military spending and the sale of weapons around the world?
Blog - /blog/2015/05/25/what-we-owe-our-vets-memorial-day/
May 25, 2015 - ...military for weapons, base operations, and war, but only 6 cents went to support generations of our nation's veterans.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/21/myth-vs-fact-pentagon-slush-fund/
May 21, 2015 - The OCO slush fund was originally designed to fund our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it is now being used to help the Pentagon break existing spending caps.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/20/president-obamas-order-police-militarization-your-federal-dollars-work/
May 20, 2015 - A new executive order prohibits the federal provision of tracked armored vehicles, weaponized aircraft and vehicles, grenade launchers, and other items to local police departments.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/19/move-money-2015-shifting-spending-pentagon-local-priorities-new-hampshire/
May 19, 2015 - From May through July, National Priorities Project staff together with partners from the Peace Action Education Fund will visit four states as part of our Move the Money training series.
