Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/15/pentagon-bloated-budget-undermines-democracy/
Oct. 15, 2021 - The Pentagon’s bloated budget is a colossal waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/
Sept. 30, 2021 - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to bl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/29/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-militarism/
Sept. 29, 2021 - Since the 9/11 attacks, the US has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression, all in the name of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ repor...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/27/michael-moore-speaks-on-american-military-abroad/
Sept. 27, 2021 - ...War on Terror,’ military spending, and President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/26/war-afghanistan-taking-form-illegal-drone-strikes/
Sept. 26, 2021 - ...Afghanistan, on August 31, 2021.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/24/dems-oppose-pentagon-cuts-receive-weapons-donation/
Sept. 24, 2021 - The latest passage of the NDAA "is particularly strong evidence that Pentagon contractors' interests easily take precedence over national security and the public interest for too many members of Congr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/23/parable-of-all-american-violence/
Sept. 23, 2021 - ...war of terror.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/22/feminist-case-cutting-pentagon-budget/
Sept. 22, 2021 - ...Afghanistan, the peace activists and feminists who opposed the war from the beginning were proven right. Now, let’s listen to them and slash the Pentagon budget to reinvest in our communities.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/20/is-pentagon-budget-too-big/
Sept. 20, 2021 - The U.S. defense budget is more than $700 billion dollars. How efficiently are those dollars being spent? Congress keeps appropriating more to the Pentagon. But some lawmakers say it's time ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/19/us-21-trillion-war-terror-half-decarbonize-grid/
Sept. 19, 2021 - 1. Since the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. has spent $21 trillion on wars and militarism, which has eroded civil liberties and caused millions of deaths, injuries, and deportations. 2. For less than half th...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/14/after-911-enemy-america-fought-itself/
Sept. 14, 2021 - ...war on terror inside and outside the United States in the last 20 years have cost American taxpayers $21 trillion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/11/911-at-20-our-moral-obligation-after-2-decades-war/
Sept. 11, 2021 - First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation's assumptions and priorities.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/10/911-need-still-for-justice-not-vengeance/
Sept. 10, 2021 - ...wars, the military, and the national security state since 9/11. That money should have been used for health care, climate, jobs, and education.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/why-are-americans-paying-32m-every-hour-war-911/
Sept. 9, 2021 - ...war in Afghanistan. Congress has yet to stand up against endless militarism
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/war-on-terror-militarized-america-more-than-ever/
Sept. 9, 2021 - ...War on Terror projected American power abroad with devastating consequences. But it also wrought suffering and waste at home, with consequences we’re still living with today.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/millennial-lawmakers-fresh-takes-foreign-policy/
Sept. 8, 2021 - Millennials who were just kids on 9/11 are now old enough to hold office. Research shows they're likely to see the world much differently than older generations because of their formative age at the t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/money-spent-on-war-prompts-thoughts-what-could-be/
Sept. 8, 2021 - ...war on terror spurred on by the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/new-report-reveals-high-cost-militarism-since-911/
Sept. 7, 2021 - Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Scott Harris
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/07/imagine-last-20-years-fighting-climate-instead-war/
Sept. 7, 2021 - At the dawn of the new millennium, we directed our national resources in the exact wrong direction. But it’s not too late to turn things around.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/03/us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarization-since-911/
Sept. 3, 2021 - ...War on Terror and its catastrophic consequences at home and abroad are staggering: $21 trillion, according to a new report. Imagine what we could do with that money if we used it for human needs rathe...
