Blog - /blog/2011/02/14/fy2012-budget-message-president/
Feb. 14, 2011 - To the Congress of the United States:America is emerging from the worst recession in generations. In 2010, an economy that had beenshrinking began to grow again. After nearly 2 years of job losses, Am...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/14/analysis-of-the-fiscal-year-2012-pentagon-spending/
Feb. 14, 2011 - BACKGROUND
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/14/northampton-city-democratic-committee-votes-to-bri/
Feb. 14, 2011 - NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--On Saturday, February 12, the forty-some members present at the Northampton City Democratic Committee Meeting voted nearly unanimously to adopt the Resolution to Bring the Troops a...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/13/valentines-day-budget-priorities-debate-begins/
Feb. 13, 2011 - Happy Valentine's Day! We are awaiting the release of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget Request, expected later today. You probably heard news about this over the weekend and if so, you kno...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/11/dc-speak-who-does-what-senate-edition/
Feb. 11, 2011 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } Now we move from the large, tumultuous body of the House of Representatives to the smaller and more deliberative Senate. In the Constitutional compromise, the Se...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/11/join-nh-peace-action-for-a-weedend-of-events/
Feb. 11, 2011 - With Keynote Speaker Jo Comerford,
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/10/young-filmmakers-decry-the-trillion-dollar-cost-of/
Feb. 10, 2011 - Although neither I nor Brave New Foundation were involved in this project, I have to say how proud I am of these young people. While many of their peers were playing video games like "Call of Duty: Bl...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/09/dc-speak-us-congress-who-does-what-house-edition/
Feb. 9, 2011 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } [Editor's Note: As part of its version of a new Continuing Resolution to provide government funding for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011, the House Republican l...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/09/obama-the-moderate-republican/
Feb. 9, 2011 - At 9 p.m. Eastern time Jan. 25 President Barack Obama launched his 2012 campaign for reelection as a Democratic President running with a center-right political program reminiscent of what used to be c...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/29/young-winners-of-1-trillion-video-contest-announce/
Jan. 29, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and The National Priorities Project (NPP) have announced the six lucky winners of the "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" video contest.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/28/leverett-activists-seek-peace-at-home/
Jan. 28, 2011 - LEVERETT -- What can tiny Leverett, a town of just over 1,700 people, do for world peace? Five residents seeking to establish a peace commission in town say they have an answer to that question.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/28/solar-peace-or-blood-for-oil-the-need-to-broaden-t/
Jan. 28, 2011 - In his State of the Union address, President Obama opened a door through which the peace, labor and environmental movements should march, towards an energy future not dependent on resource wars.
Blog - /blog/2011/01/26/president-speaks/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Tuesday night, the President delivered his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the President to “from time to ti...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/numbers-behind-president-obamas-state-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/26/national-priorities-project-looks-at-the-numbers-b/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Northampton, MA - As the nation reflects on last night's State of the Union address by President Obama, National Priorities Project offers a look at the numbers behind many of the major topics covered...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/24/rep-dennis-kucinich-says-defense-spending-consumes/
Jan. 24, 2011 - President Obama submitted his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Valentine's Day, but the debate on efforts to cut spending started weeks earlier. Rep. Dennis Kucinich opened it with a call to questi...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/18/politics-health-care-policy/
Jan. 18, 2011 - The Politics of Health Care PolicyEven before the November 2, 2010 elections catapulted them back into power in the U.S. House of Representatives, members of the Republican leadership were already ann...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/14/dc-speak-biggest-credit-card-bill-ever/
Jan. 14, 2011 - The United States has been borrowing its way out of mounting obligations and lowered revenues for some time. We rely on the federal government to provide a variety of services across the country, incl...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/07/what-would-you-do-1-trillion-dollars-ask-young-filmmaker/
Jan. 7, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are preparing to announce the six lucky winners of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest which asks young ...
