Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/15/senate-bloated-ndaa-delaying-build-back-better/
Dec. 15, 2021 - "Don't tell me we can't afford to fight poverty, cancel student debt, pass paid leave, and defeat the climate crisis," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal after senators approved the $786 billion military spend...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/11/19/progressive-slam-shameful-25-billion-pentagon/
Nov. 19, 2021 - ...of the military-industrial complex, and instead heed calls to invest taxpayer dollars into true human needs."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/19/senate-panel-approves-extra-29-billion-pentagon/
Oct. 19, 2021 - ...cost of universal pre-K, which we're told we can't afford," said one critic.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/15/pentagon-bloated-budget-undermines-democracy/
Oct. 15, 2021 - ...of resources that could be better used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/03/climate-crisis-vs-military-spending/
Oct. 3, 2021 - ...of any of the threats the U.S. faces, including the military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/
Sept. 30, 2021 - ...of centrist Democrats are trying to block or whittle down a $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill that covers the next ten years because, they say, the nation can’t afford it.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/29/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-militarism/
Sept. 29, 2021 - ...of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ report, State of Insecurity: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/24/dems-oppose-pentagon-cuts-receive-weapons-donation/
Sept. 24, 2021 - ...of the NDAA "is particularly strong evidence that Pentagon contractors' interests easily take precedence over national security and the public interest for too many members of Congress," said one crit...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/23/parable-of-all-american-violence/
Sept. 23, 2021 - ...war of terror.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/22/feminist-case-cutting-pentagon-budget/
Sept. 22, 2021 - ...of Afghanistan, the peace activists and feminists who opposed the war from the beginning were proven right. Now, let’s listen to them and slash the Pentagon budget to reinvest in our communities...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/21/bite-size-me-democrats-fear-transformation/
Sept. 21, 2021 - Establishment Democrats want their military spending supersized and their domestic spending bite-sized.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/20/is-pentagon-budget-too-big/
Sept. 20, 2021 - The U.S. defense budget is more than $700 billion dollars. How efficiently are those dollars being spent? Congress keeps appropriating more to the Pentagon. But some lawmakers say it's time ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/19/us-21-trillion-war-terror-half-decarbonize-grid/
Sept. 19, 2021 - ...wars and militarism, which has eroded civil liberties and caused millions of deaths, injuries, and deportations. 2. For less than half that amount, we could decarbonize the U.S. electric grid, create...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/14/after-911-enemy-america-fought-itself/
Sept. 14, 2021 - ...of the institute's "National Priorities Project," points that the direct and indirect costs of the Federal Government's global war on terror inside and outside the United States in the last 20 years h...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/14/endless-militarization-bled-us-society-dry/
Sept. 14, 2021 - ...cost of US militarization since 9/11 is a staggering $21 trillion. Can we ever recoup all those social and economic resources siphoned off by the military-industrial complex?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/11/911-at-20-our-moral-obligation-after-2-decades-war/
Sept. 11, 2021 - First, Washington needs to stop killing people. Next, we have to challenge our nation's assumptions and priorities.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/10/911-need-still-for-justice-not-vengeance/
Sept. 10, 2021 - ...wars, the military, and the national security state since 9/11. That money should have been used for health care, climate, jobs, and education.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/why-are-americans-paying-32m-every-hour-war-911/
Sept. 9, 2021 - ...of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan. Congress has yet to stand up against endless militarism
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/war-on-terror-militarized-america-more-than-ever/
Sept. 9, 2021 - ...War on Terror projected American power abroad with devastating consequences. But it also wrought suffering and waste at home, with consequences we’re still living with today.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/08/millennial-lawmakers-fresh-takes-foreign-policy/
Sept. 8, 2021 - ...office. Research shows they're likely to see the world much differently than older generations because of their formative age at the time of the attacks.
