Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/19/stop-talkin-bout-a-greenwashed-revolution/
Aug. 19, 2010 - The most recent tally of the cost of war by the non-profit National Priorities Project (NPP) puts total military-related expenditures (through September, 2010) at a mind-numbing $1.09 trillion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/14/americas-biggest-jobs-program-the-us-military/
Aug. 14, 2010 - America's biggest — and only major — jobs program is the U.S. military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/15/pentagon-spending-on-the-chopping-block/
July 15, 2010 - The current economic crisis, coupled with concerns about spiraling deficits and our staggering national debt, is, at long last, bringing military spending to the forefront of the budget debate. Not si...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/14/pratt-ge-escalate-engine-battle-in-congress/
July 14, 2010 - WASHINGTON-Two of Connecticut's corporate giants-Pratt & Whitney and General Electric Co.-have long been at loggerheads over a multi-million dollar spending item in the federal budget: $485 millio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/07/preventing-and-curing-conflict/
July 7, 2010 - What if more of us saw war as a global health problem?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/07/06/senate-candidate-kendrick-meek-says-wars-need-publ/
July 6, 2010 - With more than 1 million Floridians out of work, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek said on the U.S. Senate campaign trail that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a back seat to job creation."We have to...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/30/those-who-profited-from-deficit-spending-should-be/
June 30, 2010 - The United States can be fiscally responsible and meet the urgent necessities of the American people by stopping corporate welfare to concentrated industries, taxing the wealthiest that profited from ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/28/of-bubbles-and-bailouts/
June 28, 2010 - The collapse of the U.S. housing bubble led directly to the largest industry bailout in U.S. history. While it will be many years yet before we can put a hard number to the amount of taxpayer dollars ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/22/trillion-dollar-dreams-what-military-spending-coul/
June 22, 2010 - ...housing; the list goes on and on.The trade offs are especially difficult to digest given the current economic recession the country is facing," said Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Pr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/15/focus-on-national-security/
June 15, 2010 - Concerns about budget deficits and rising debt levels are leading to fractures in the heretofore unified conservative support for ever-higher defense spending. At least a few Republicans are now openl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/11/panel-commissioneb-by-barney-frank-recommends-near/
June 11, 2010 - A panel commissioned by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is recommending nearly $1 trillion in cuts to the Pentagon's budget during the next 10 years.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/wasted-on-the-war-trillion-with-a-t/
June 10, 2010 - A week ago Sunday at approximately 10:06 a.m., after the House had adjourned for recess and Americans were enjoying their holiday weekends, our nation reached a truly disturbing milestone. At about t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/us-military-campaigns-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-cost/
June 10, 2010 - RTTNews) - A report by a non-profit organization which tracks American military spending says the total cost of the US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan has crossed $1 trillion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/the-longest-day-and-the-longest-war/
June 10, 2010 - Ordinarily, this column, devoted to issues confronting older Americans, doesn't get into more cosmic subjects of war and peace. But the bloviating former headmaster who spoke too long at my granddaugh...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/10/mass-murder-in-charlottesvill-virginia/
June 10, 2010 - During the past five years since I moved back to Charlottesville, Virginia, I had yet to observe the slightest violent incident, prior to the recent spree of horrific mass murders. There was crime, bu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/05/us-spending-on-wars-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-exceed/
June 5, 2010 - On Memorial Day 2010, Americans honored the service of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who have fought in the nation's wars, past and present. During this year's holiday, parades and ceremo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/group-tired-of-spending-money-on-war/
June 3, 2010 - Drivers slowed down by the "bottleneck" on Route 4 near Belle Avenue, because a 40-foot banner hanging from the Garrison Avenue Bridge caught their eyes on Sunday.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/03/total-spent-on-wars-reaches-1-trillion/
June 3, 2010 - NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost taxpayers a lot of money, the total spent on these wars just reached one trillion dollars.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/npps-federal-priorities-database-gets-update/
June 2, 2010 - National Priorities Project has updated all state-level data in its Federal Priorities Database with the latest available federal government data. This database offers a collection of federal spending...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/06/01/bringing-the-troops-and-war-dollars-home-a-forum-i/
June 1, 2010 - A couple of weeks ago there was a teach-in here in Northampton about the War in Afghanistan, its causes and effects. One of the workshops that followed involved an effort that began in Maine to urge ...
