Blog - /blog/2014/03/04/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - President Obama today released his $3.9 trillion fiscal 2015 budget proposal, a plan that includes new manufacturing institutes, job training, and the president’s signature initiative of univers...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/sequestration-impact-on-military-spending-2013-2014/
March 4, 2014 - ...military spending than news reports suggest.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/03/obama-budget-political-document/
March 3, 2014 - ...military but beef up special operations forces, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said. Mr. Obama also will repeat his call to raise the nation’s hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 in wha...
Blog - /blog/2014/02/24/presidents-2015-budget-preview/
Feb. 25, 2014 - Next week on March 4, President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget will be released. Here’s what will -- and what won’t -- be in his budget request.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/25/cutting-the-army-will-make-it-stronger/
Feb. 25, 2014 - (CNN) -- Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has fired a shot across the bow of business-as-usual at the Pentagon by announcing significant cuts in the U.S. Army.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/23/seven-things-you-should-know-about-NPP/
Feb. 23, 2014 - The National Priorities Project, a small Northampton nonprofit funded primarily through individual donations of $50 or less, was recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The group’s policy an...
Blog - /blog/2014/02/20/international-open-data-day-2014/
Feb. 20, 2014 - February 22 is International Open Data Day. Celebrate by checking out some of NPP's open data tools.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/18/researchers-keep-eyes-on-prize/
Feb. 18, 2014 - National Priorities Project nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/14/wow-national-priorities-project-gets-nominated-2014-nobel-peace-prize/
Feb. 14, 2014 - National Priorities Project has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by the International Peace Bureau.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/14/budget-research-ctr-nominated-for-nobel/
Feb. 14, 2014 - ...Military & Security
Analysis - /analysis/2014/history-us-federal-budget-2011-2013/
Feb. 12, 2014 - Recently the nation has endured one Congress-made, budget-related crisis after another. National Priorities Project documents the twists and turns.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/11/three-dangerous-myths-about-debt-ceiling-again/
Feb. 11, 2014 - Will lawmakers act in time to avoid the dangerous debt ceiling limit?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/05/Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nomination-MA-Group/
Feb. 5, 2014 - ...military numbers are actually an aggregate, so we take the Department of Defense nuclear weapons, foreign military aid, foreign military base construction, and overseas contingency operations – ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/01/31/Could_people_write_the_budget/
Jan. 31, 2014 - Would Americans be able to write the federal budget if they had the facts? Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, thinks they should be given the chance. - See more at: h...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/2014-discretionary-spending-summary/
Jan. 28, 2014 - Earlier this month, congressional lawmakers enacted an omnibus spending bill that would fund the federal government for fiscal year 2014. Here's how the omnibus compares to 2013 spending levels.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/01/28/national-priorities-project-nominated-nobel-prize/
Jan. 28, 2014 - The National Priorities Project has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Price by 13 former Nobel prize laureates through the International Peace Bureau, which itself won the prize in 1910.
Blog - /blog/2014/01/14/what-omnibus/
Jan. 14, 2014 - An omnibus in London/ Photo by Gene Hunt. A $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill was unveiled last night in Congress to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year. The bill will be vote...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/07/war-poverty-50-years-later/
Jan. 8, 2014 - Today marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, which renewed a commitment to federal funding for programs to help struggling Americans. Here's a list of resources that illustrate how these fe...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/02/npp-2014-now-its-personal/
Jan. 2, 2014 - NPP is getting personal in 2014. Here's a sneak peak at the work ahead in the new year.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/30/most-underreported-stories-2013/
Dec. 30, 2013 - What stories did not get the coverage they deserved in 2013? We asked editors, journalists and friends of BillMoyers.com to weigh in with their choices, including stories they reported on. Here’...
