Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/05/08/unwarranted-influence-twenty-first-century-style/
May 8, 2023 - ...warranted influence” it wielded in 1961.
Analysis - /analysis/2023/tax-day-2023/tax-day-2023-notes-and-sources/
April 17, 2023 - ...warded by the Department of Defense in FY 2022 according to USASpending.gov. Advanced Search: Time Period: FY 2022, Award Type: Contracts, Awarding Agency: Department of Defense; Time graph "Total Obl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/03/13/20-years-dept-homeland-security-is-failure/
March 13, 2023 - ...ward surveillance, racial profiling, and an immigration policy based on fear.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/01/26/research-details-promise-converting-war-economy/
Jan. 26, 2023 - ...Costs of War project.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/01/pentagon-fails-audit-congress-poised-847-billion/
Dec. 1, 2022 - "This isn't using our taxpayer dollars wisely," said the National Priorities Project. "It's robbing programs that we need, like the discontinued child tax credit that cut child poverty by half."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/30/lawmakers-propose-record-847b-defense-budget/
Nov. 30, 2022 - ...war and progressive advocates have strongly condemned the proposed budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/04/Midterms-have-enormous-stakes-for-poor-Americans/
Nov. 4, 2022 - Our wellbeing is on the ballot this November. Amid a pandemic, rising inflation, and deepening financial instability, we need a strong commitment from all candidates to our children, families and plan...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/10/17/peace-activists-demand-us-cancel-f35-fighter/
Oct. 17, 2022 - ...war," asserted Pink Floyd rocker and peace activist Roger Waters.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/fact-sheet-no-national-security-without-climate-security/
Sept. 29, 2022 - ...of the 21st century. Decades of inaction have led to worsening and more frequent extreme weather events, with associated loss of life and property. And yet in Washington, “national security&rdqu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/30/this-country-want-money-from-pentagon-reallocated/
June 30, 2022 - CounterSpin interview with Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/14/only-in-top-gun-can-military-solve-all-problems/
June 14, 2022 - In real life, plowing money into shiny fighter jets while Americans struggle and the climate burns makes us less safe.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/13/people-over-pentagon-proposal-would-take-100-billi/
June 13, 2022 - "The Lee-Pocan bill disproves the claim that there's not money to feed the hungry, care for the sick, cut child poverty, or protect the planet," said one proponent.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/healthcare-covid-response-military-top-2021-tax/
April 18, 2022 - ...of them are higher than they were at the top of the Vietnam War. It's a cost that keeps going up and up."While the IRS does not provide individual receipts to filers, Koshgarian noted taxpayers can ge...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/tax-day-2022-where-texans-federal-tax-dollars-go/
April 18, 2022 - ...often depends on if you owe money to the government.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/tax-day-2022-notes-and-sources/
April 15, 2022 - ...of taxes withheld from your paycheck, and they pay for a vast array of government programs.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-wants-163-times-to-military-than-pandemic/
March 29, 2022 - "Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic," said one public health expert.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/super-polluting-pentagon-climate-plan-greenwash/
March 10, 2022 - US military aims for net zero by 2050 but with a carbon footprint greater than some 140 countries critics say it needs radical change
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/23/risk-of-war-financial-burden-americans/
Feb. 23, 2022 - The United States has provided $650 million in defense equipment and services to Ukraine this past year alone amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Analysis - /analysis/2021/moral-budget-vs-war-budget/
Dec. 20, 2021 - ...of how to address the challenges of our time: a moral budget vs a war budget. Congress: Which side are you on?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/16/congress-778-billion-pentagon-build-back-better/
Dec. 16, 2021 - ...costs too much, but comparing it to the military spending plan they just passed suggests otherwise.
