Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/28/leverett-activists-seek-peace-at-home/
Jan. 28, 2011 - LEVERETT -- What can tiny Leverett, a town of just over 1,700 people, do for world peace? Five residents seeking to establish a peace commission in town say they have an answer to that question.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/28/solar-peace-or-blood-for-oil-the-need-to-broaden-t/
Jan. 28, 2011 - In his State of the Union address, President Obama opened a door through which the peace, labor and environmental movements should march, towards an energy future not dependent on resource wars.
Blog - /blog/2011/01/26/president-speaks/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Tuesday night, the President delivered his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the President to “from time to ti...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/25/proposed-pentagon-budget-cuts-fact-of-spin/
Jan. 25, 2011 - ...military-industrial complex.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/24/rep-dennis-kucinich-says-defense-spending-consumes/
Jan. 24, 2011 - President Obama submitted his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Valentine's Day, but the debate on efforts to cut spending started weeks earlier. Rep. Dennis Kucinich opened it with a call to questi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/22/five-years-of-iraq-war-wisconsin-mobilizing-oppost/
Jan. 22, 2011 - Milwaukee - Leaders, organizations, activists and citizens across Wisconsin are holding events this week in dozens of cities across Wisconsin in recognition of the fifth anniversary of George W. Bush'...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/20/local-youth-activists-take-second-in-national-vide/
Jan. 20, 2011 - ...military spending, while only 4 percent goes towards education. View this video at youtube. com/watch?v=GVi114dypQ4.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/20/battle-brews-over-us-marines-efv-larger-misison/
Jan. 20, 2011 - WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Lawmakers are primed to defend a $14 billion General Dynamics Corp (GD.N) amphibious landing vehicle canceled by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, but the larger batt...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/13/friday-on-the-green-morristown-peace-vigil-to-reme/
Jan. 13, 2011 - The Morristown Peace Vigil has been holding vigils on the Green in Morristown from 6 to 7 pm every Friday since the Friday after 9/11. Sometimes, we dedicate the vigil to particular events and invite ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/12/cost-of-war-breaking-it-down-112/
Jan. 12, 2011 - ...military-industrial complex."
Blog - /blog/2011/01/07/what-would-you-do-1-trillion-dollars-ask-young-filmmaker/
Jan. 7, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are preparing to announce the six lucky winners of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest which asks young ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/06/what-would-you-do-with-a-trillion-dollars/
Jan. 6, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and National Priorities Project (NPP) are preparing to announce the six lucky winners of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest whic...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/05/obama-cuts-domestic-spending-increases-military-co/
Jan. 5, 2011 - ...military spending will result in the greatest administrative military spending since World War II. This decision is being made despite extreme waste, fraud, abuse and corporate welfare in the military...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/31/reporting-on-afghanistan-iraq-low-on-the-medias-pr/
Dec. 31, 2010 - Three years after being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, combat veteran Jaazar Shalabi, 29, of Monrovia is about to lose his apartment.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/30/100-year-war-the-growing-expense-of-americas-battl/
Dec. 30, 2010 - Gilbert Gooch is lost in the Philippines. The heat, the humidity, the enormous insects — nearly 70 years have passed since he returned from World War II, but it's all right there.
Blog - /blog/2010/12/28/lame-duck-had-wings/
Dec. 28, 2010 - After the November elections, members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill for their “lame duck” session with one huge piece of unfinished business – the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. And while they failed...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/17/the-presidents-budget-bush-to-obama/
Dec. 17, 2010 - ...military. It examines both the quantity and quality of federal spending. Key findings include: Even modest increases in spending at the national level, such as a four percent increase in Environment...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/17/the-obama-administrations-first-budget-shows-progr/
Dec. 17, 2010 - ...military spending. After the Obamba Administration releases additional budget information next Thursday, look for NPP's analysis of the complete picture of federal spending priorities and their impact...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/09/democrats-delay-action-on-young-immigrants-bill/
Dec. 9, 2010 - ...military. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below. Less than 24 hours after the House carved out a path to legalization for hundreds of tho...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/08/congress-bumbles-forward-on-budgeting/
Dec. 8, 2010 - The good folks at the National Priorities Project have a rundown on what's happening with budgeting and spending this week:
