Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/04/mushrooms-keep-sprouting/
May 4, 2010 - Anthropologist Margaret Mead is credited with the statement, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Mead s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/04/jobs-and-budget-crises-data-local-impacts-and-fede/
May 4, 2010 - The economy may be turning around for some, but in many states across the country, unemployment is well above ten percent. Most of us can probably point to situations where people are losing their job...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/05/03/the-politics-of-unemployment-as-it-turns-out/
May 3, 2010 - We all know someone who is out of work. If you don't, then drop by the local food banks or St. Olaf's on St. Vincent's utility bill aid days or the unemployment office.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/us-jobs-and-budget-crises-local-impacts/
April 30, 2010 - ...budget crises...Federal spending and tax policies...New jobs legislation on Capitol Hill. They all affect you. This packet of resources provides current state and local data to help you understand the...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/29/bloomfield-public-square-dialogue-for-the-21st-cen/
April 29, 2010 - ...budget cuts he has to implement that he has embarked on a very unusual project that he introduced at a press conference April 14.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/charts-update-april-26-2010/
April 26, 2010 - ...Federal Budget 101: Budget Charts with data from the FY2011 budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/21/2010-us-spending-priorities-58-to-military/
April 21, 2010 - ...federal discretionary budget for fiscal year 2010 [or 2009] by function area. "The discretionary budget refers to the part of the federal budget proposed by the President, and debated and decided by...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/18/a-demand-grows-in-brooklyn-fund-kids-not-bombs/
April 18, 2010 - ...budget cuts, the federal budget and war spending
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/17/local-budgets-and-war-spending-a-reflection-for-ta/
April 17, 2010 - ...budgets and slashed community services sounds forth like a tragic Greek chorus.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/15/senator-d-ny-charles-e-schumer-on-the-afghanistan-/
April 15, 2010 - Like a lot of constituents, I wrote my Senator about the war in Afghanistan. Unlike some Senators, Chuck Schumer actually wrote me back a reasonably detailed response (see below). Unfortunately, his v...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/13/price-of-war-too-high/
April 13, 2010 - As America inches closer to a decade of war, the cost increasingly is being questioned. People who years ago might have feared being called unpatriotic are lambasting the trillion dollars spent since ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/small-city-mayor-takes-on-the-pentagon/
April 12, 2010 - ...budget for the same period.??For a small city with an annual budget of $81.1 million, $138.6 million would be a hefty sum, even in non-recessionary times. For the same amount of money, Ryan could fund...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/11/war-taxing-america/
April 11, 2010 - Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is sick and tired of watching people in local communities "squabble over crumbs," as he puts it, while so much local money pours into the Pentagon's coffe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/04/a-navy-ship-competition/
April 4, 2010 - As the Navy prepares to choose one version of the littoral combat ship as the basis for future orders, all sides say the service needs to go for the best deal.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/01/where-did-your-2009-federal-income-tax-dollars-go/
April 1, 2010 - ...federal government spent each of their 2009 federal income tax dollars. In its annual release, Where did your tax dollars go?, NPP offers a breakout of federal income tax dollar allocation while also ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/27/defense-budget-after-afghanistan-and-iraq-withdraw/
March 27, 2010 - ...budget "bloated."The Obama budget set 2011 defense spending at $739 billion. This amounts to 19 percent of total federal outlays. Carl Conetta, director of the Project on Defense Alternatives in Cambr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/10/national-priorities-project-releases-fy2011-budget/
March 10, 2010 - ...budget on February 1, 2010 – a 2,585-page proposed blueprint for addressing the social agonies caused by record-high job loss, a continued sluggish economy and state deficits.
Analysis - /analysis/2010/out-of-balance-update/
March 9, 2010 - ...budget critique, offering a unique tool for organizers, activists, local and state officials and policy analysts. Participants will be able to download the presentation slides, analysis, talking point...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/09/hellman-describes-process-priorities-of-national-b/
March 9, 2010 - ...federal funds, particularly to the military, which traditionally has a very high budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/21/national-priorities-project-helps-consumers-grasp-/
Feb. 21, 2010 - ...federal budget impacts their daily lives. On Feb. 8, the National Priorities Project released a publication on "The President's Budget: Fiscal Year 2011." This report, found at www.nationalpriorities....
