Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/08/one-nation-uniting-for-jobs-not-war/
Oct. 8, 2010 - ...military budget—particularly the expensive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—and the jobs crisis in the U.S. It was an extraordinary moment. The first national mobilization in Washington led by civil right...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/05/impact-of-federal-funding-on-new-jersey-economy-is/
Oct. 5, 2010 - The impact of national funding priorities on New Jersey's economy will be the topic of a talk by Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at Wil...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/01/deficit-whats-deficit/
Oct. 1, 2010 - The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “deficit” to mean “a deficiency in amount or quality.” When it comes to the federal budget “deficit,” it’s specifically about the amount of money in the U.S. Tre...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/framingham-workshop-to-tackle-war-and-schools/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...military budget and local education."Saving Our Schools: Balancing Books and Bombs'' will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon St.Sponsored by MetroWest Peace Action, the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/federal-money-everyones-morals/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...military spending are made at the expense of federal investment in affordable housing, home care, childcare and education; yet, no budget documentation acknowledges this trade-off.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/one-nation-saving-the-american-dream/
Oct. 1, 2010 - Saturday, tens of thousands of citizens will converge on Washington for a historic march.
Blog - /blog/2010/09/29/serving-discretionary-budget-pizza-first-slice-ban/
Sept. 29, 2010 - In the last couple of years it's become strikingly clear that the majority of people in the United States do not know where or how their federal tax dollars are spent. As a result, they feel disengage...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/27/us-sulks-due-to-potential-loss-of-british-bff/
Sept. 27, 2010 - By now we all know that the Conservative Party (read Republican) won big time in the United Kingdom's elections this past May, ending the Labour (read Democrat) Party's 13 years in power. We also know...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/23/fall-spotlight-healthcare/
Sept. 23, 2010 - On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC). In tandem with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, ratified a week later to amen...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/24/around-town-activist-brings-war-dollars-measure-to/
Sept. 24, 2010 - ...military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, attempt to influence the House of Representatives to terminate funding and support resolutions prohibiting an increase in troop levels in Afghanis...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/22/amherst-town-meeting-to-consider-war-dollars-measu/
Sept. 22, 2010 - ...military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, attempt to influence the House of Representatives to terminate additional funding and support resolutions prohibiting an increase in troop levels ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/20/who-will-face-the-music-for-iraqs-future-a-sad-sot/
Sept. 20, 2010 - ...military expenditure in Iraq has so far exceeded $700 billion, and this figure keeps on growing, as may be seen from the front page of the Cost of War project launched by the National Priorities Proje...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/14/questioning-american-victory-after-seven-years-in-/
Sept. 14, 2010 - ...military operations and rebuilding projects, according to the National Priorities Project. And so, the question that needs to be posed is, "Did we win?"
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/11/peace-group-gathering-to-end-americas-longest-war/
Sept. 11, 2010 - On the ninth anniversary of 9-11, I recall the disbelief, shock, anger, fear and sadness I felt when I heard of the 3,000 people killed as terrorists used airplanes as weapons to attack the World Trad...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/10/green-party-candidate-sc-needs-to-be-more-fiscally/
Sept. 10, 2010 - Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Tom Clements says he would like to see money that comes into South Carolina applied more responsibly to address South Carolina's high jobless rate.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/01/war-toll-is-heaviest-in-poor-rural-areas-research-/
Sept. 1, 2010 - ALLENDALE, S.C. --- Rodricka Youmans got tired of borrowing money from his father to pay the rent. It hurt his pride.Barely out of his teens and already tied down by the responsibilities of fatherhood...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/01/a-speech-for-endless-war/
Sept. 1, 2010 - On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/01/the-war-in-iraq-at-what-cost/
Sept. 1, 2010 - The emotion that grips me this morning, after watching President Obama's speech last night and listening to the commentary about the "end of our combat mission in Iraq," is a deep sadness. Even in the...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/01/local-veterans-refugees-look-to-iraqs-future/
Sept. 1, 2010 - As U.S. troops leave Iraq, some Iraqi refugees in Chattanooga worry their country isn't ready to take charge of its own future, but local veterans of the conflict are cautiously optimistic.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/27/cleburne-taxpayers-will-spend-big-on-afghan-war/
Aug. 27, 2010 - ...military spending, 20.1 to healthcare, 8.26 to non-military interest on the national debt, 5.4 to military interest on the national debt, 9.8 on operation of the government, 8.5 to income security and...
