Blog - /blog/2021/02/01/will-space-force-take-pentagon-budget-infinity-and-beyond/
- The first days of the Biden administration brought a deeply welcome spate of reversals of Trump policies, ranging from the reversal of the racist Muslim immigration ban to the nixing of the Keystone X...
Blog - /blog/2021/01/19/open-letter-biden-administration-need-pandemic-pivot/
- It’s urgent not to return to the previous status quo. It’s time for creative thinking and bold action.
Blog - /blog/2020/11/25/building-back-better-should-be-global-challenge/
- U.S. economic recovery efforts will not succeed if the global economy remains weak and serves only a small rich minority.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/30/historic-nuclear-ban-enters-force-its-time-us-help-put-end-nuclear-age/
- The world is banning nuclear weapons. The U.S. needs to get on board.
Blog - /blog/2020/11/16/election-over-congress-must-remember-rest-world/
- Even a lame-duck Congress must remember their actions have global consequences too.
Blog - /blog/2020/12/17/us-needs-covid-relief-and-renewable-energy-not-space-force/
- Instead of wasting scarce funds on the Space Force, the Biden administration should deploy its diplomats to demilitarize space.
Blog - /blog/2020/12/22/covid-deal-welcome-stopgap-congressional-progressives-aim-much-more-2021/
- The Progressive Caucus has unveiled a legislative agenda designed to meet the scale of the pandemic catastrophe and reduce our vulnerability to future crises.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/19/overhauling-us-foreign-policy-bitter-fights-ahead/
- After Election Day, we can’t just go back to the status quo. On foreign policy especially, movements need to be ready to push a new administration hard.
Blog - /blog/2020/09/26/its-time-end-nuclear-age/
- 2020 has been hard enough. The last thing the world needs this year is nuclear weapons.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/12/imagining-years-repair-indigenous-peoples-day/
- The Years of Repair shows how we can transform moments of urgent global crisis into catalysts for demanding and achieving a restorative, progressive vision for the future.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/02/pentagon-took-money-ppe-and-bought-weapons/
- Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives.
Blog - /blog/2020/10/01/trumps-shout-out-proud-boys-has-antidote-end-violent-policies-uphold-white-supremacy/
- As long as violence is the primary policy solution, white supremacy will keep its grip on our nation and world.
Blog - /blog/2020/09/28/pentagon-blew-1-billion-coronavirus-relief-funds-military-equipment/
- ...military contractors and using the money to make things like jet engine parts, body armor, and dress uniforms. What could that have paid for instead?
Blog - /blog/2020/09/25/achieve-climate-justice-demilitarize-border/
- Immigrant justice is climate justice. Demilitarization is core to achieving both.
Blog - /blog/2020/09/16/its-pandemic-military-spending-hikes-should-be-off-table/
- ...military contractors have been unapologetically shaking down lawmakers for pandemic cash.
Blog - /blog/2020/09/23/us-war-terror-has-displaced-37-million-people/
- Here’s how we got these numbers — and what they can and can’t tell us.
Blog - /blog/2020/08/31/15-years-after-hurricane-katrina-its-time-to-demilitarize-disaster-relief/
- Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, it remains a cautionary tale for how distorted budget priorities can result in militaristic, rather than humanitarian, disaster r...
Blog - /blog/2020/08/27/small-towns-dont-need-military-helicopters/
- ...military equipment on local police forces. We need to end it.
Blog - /blog/2020/08/21/spending-more-military-means-lining-pockets-top-defense-industry-executives/
- ...military-industrial revolving door has only spun faster, as more private sector executives make the jump to the public sector with little government or military experience. But the influence-pedd...
Blog - /blog/2020/08/12/military-recruiters-dont-belong-high-schools/
- Military recruiters deliberately exploit the financial and social insecurities of teenagers to enlist more soldiers.
