Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/28/strategy-toward-islamic-state/
Sept. 28, 2014 - ...Military & Security
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/25/cots-rack-up-isis/
Sept. 25, 2014 - ...military advisers have been authorized to go to Iraq. While nearly 800 of those advisers will provide diplomatic security, military leaders have suggested more troops on the ground could be necessary....
Blog - /blog/2014/09/22/congress-passes-spending-bill-top-three-takeaways/
Sept. 22, 2014 - Congress has settled how the government will spend billions of dollars over the next couple of months. From Syria to our own homegrown border crisis, here’s what you need to know.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/19/peoplesclimate-and-peoples-budget-worthsaving/
Sept. 19, 2014 - Even the Pentagon has called climate change a national security threat. Why do we spend so little on climate change initiatives compared to so much on other programs?
Blog - /blog/2014/09/17/spotlight-npps-taxes-and-revenue-voters-guides/
Sept. 17, 2014 - We’ve been hearing the terms “tax reform” and “corporate inversions” from lawmakers and the media all year long. But what does it all mean? Here at NPP we have created a ...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/16/notsofast-americamustknow-whenwillitend/
Sept. 16, 2014 - ...military action against ISIS, we are left with several troubling questions. At the top of the list are such critical, unanswered, questions as: Is military action, and the use...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/16/questions-congress-should-ask-ISIS/
Sept. 16, 2014 - ...military leaders make the case for deepening military engagement in Syria and Iraq to Congress on Tuesday, more than two-dozen groups are calling on lawmakers to seek answers to a number of questions ...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/state-smart-cost-military-contracts-your-state-and-election/
Sept. 10, 2014 - As the first in a series of releases leading up to State Smart, NPP profiles federal contract spending in the states, with a spotlight on the Department of Defense.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/10/how-911-changed-america/
Sept. 10, 2014 - ...military operations have influenced rebellions and unrest throughout the region. Four of the most dramatic domestic transformations brought on by the events of 9/11 are detailed below. [MORE] M...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/spotlight-npps-military-and-war-spending-voter-guides/
Sept. 9, 2014 - ...military spending raises serious questiosn for voters in the upcoming November 4 election.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/04/election-2014-voters-guide-federal-budget/
Sept. 4, 2014 - It’s election season, when the political ads and campaign claims will fly. National Priorities Project’s 2014 Voter’s Guides will help you pierce through campaign rhetoric and g...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/voters-guides-2014/
Sept. 4, 2014 - ...military, as well as how we can pay for it all through taxes and the role of deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/04/afghanistans-next-president/
Sept. 4, 2014 - ...Military & Security
Blog - /blog/2014/08/20/5-reasons-talk-congress-august/
Aug. 20, 2014 - August recess is the best opportunity to tell Congress your thoughts on Iraq, immigration, corporate taxes, unemployment benefits, and more.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/19/15-trillion-and-counting-what-new-involvement-iraq-means-federal-spending/
Aug. 19, 2014 - As President Obama allowed a trickle of troops back into Iraq, and air strikes are expected to continue for weeks or months, Americans are wary about our role in a conflict most of us t...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/14/pick-your-better-border-budget-battle-can-we-reach-deal-border-crisis/
Aug. 14, 2014 - Competing funding proposals to deal with the border crisis express vastly different priorities about border security, refugee assistance, and legal representation, echoing the deep divisions about imm...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/12/penny-dollar-us-foreign-aid-about-one-percent-spending/
Aug. 12, 2014 - One of the most enduring myths about the federal budget is that a significant portion of it goes overseas in the form of foreign aid. In fact, foreign aid is about one percent of the federal bud...
Blog - /blog/2014/07/15/f-35-pentagons-most-expensive-weapon-cant-even-fly/
July 15, 2014 - The Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system in history, the infamous F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, was recently grounded.
Blog - /blog/2014/07/03/give-peace-chance-what-federal-budget-tells-us-about-us-response-isis-and-iraq/
July 8, 2014 - How will the United States choose to respond to instability in Iraq, where ISIS is at the center of renewed conflict?
Blog - /blog/2014/07/02/whats-more-patriotic-investing-home-or-overseas/
July 2, 2014 - With Independence Day this week, Americans are celebrating all the things that make our country great. A patriotic mindset begs the question of how our involvement in conflicts overseas – like r...
