Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/11/19/progressive-slam-shameful-25-billion-pentagon/
Nov. 19, 2021 - "Congress must resist the demands 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 - The Senate committee vote included $10 billion more than requested. "That's $100 billion over 10 years—or half the 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 - The Pentagon’s bloated budget is a colossal waste of resources that could be better used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/
Sept. 30, 2021 - Since Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent a mindboggling $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization. Meanwhile, the entire Republican Party and a handful of centrist Democrats are trying to bl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/24/dems-oppose-pentagon-cuts-receive-weapons-donation/
Sept. 24, 2021 - The latest passage 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 Congr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/09/war-on-terror-militarized-america-more-than-ever/
Sept. 9, 2021 - The 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/money-spent-on-war-prompts-thoughts-what-could-be/
Sept. 8, 2021 - Some people consider the $3.5 trillion infrastructure proposal being proposed by congressional Democrats a huge chunk of change. But it pales compared to various estimates of military spending against...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/03/us-spent-21-trillion-on-militarization-since-911/
Sept. 3, 2021 - The cost of the War on Terror and its catastrophic consequences at home and abroad are staggering: $21 trillion, according to a new report. Imagine what we could do with that money if we used it for h...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/02/war-on-terror-cost-21-trillion-killed-million/
Sept. 2, 2021 - The U.S. has spent $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization" since the fateful 2001 attacks that spawned the Afghanistan intervention, marking a new era of U.S.-led conflict across the glob...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/01/cost-post-911-security-state-21-trillion/
Sept. 1, 2021 - The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending.
Blog - /blog/2021/08/25/just-transition-defense-industries-lessons-fossil-fuel-transitions/
Aug. 25, 2021 - Plans for a Just Transition away from defense industries do not need to be pulled out of thin air. The ongoing efforts to transition economies, workers, and communities out of the harmful fossil fuel ...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/national-priorities-project-commends-senate-rejection-50-billion-pentagon-grab/
Aug. 10, 2021 - August 10 - Today the Senate rejected an amendment to the budget resolution to add $50 billion to the Pentagon budget, 46-53. The National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies i...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/forever-increasing-pentagon-budget-undermines-american-security/
May 28, 2021 - Today’s budget proposal rightly calls for major increases in domestic investment. But at the same time, its continued funding increases for the Pentagon undermine the prioritization of real secu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/22/congress-plans-climate-resiliency-for-military/
May 22, 2021 - Since 2019, Congress has repeatedly held hearings on climate resiliency for bases, but hardly ever talks about schools, public housing, or prisons.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/05/11/biden-budget-billion-israel-military-climate/
May 11, 2021 - A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/04/16/36-Progressive-Groups-Demand-Pentagon-Cuts/
April 16, 2021 - Rejecting President Joe Biden's call for a $753 billion military budget as a non-starter, a diverse coalition of dozens of progressive advocacy groups on Friday demanded that Biden and Congress work t...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/pouring-money-pentagon-cant-prevent-another-pandemic/
April 9, 2021 - At $753 billion, President Biden's requested Pentagon budget increase continues the dangerous and short-sighted path of ballooning military spending set by President Trump, and fails to recognize the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/03/24/congress-given-path-cut-pentagon-budget-80-billion/
March 24, 2021 - "We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/02/05/rethinking-us-security/
Feb. 5, 2021 - Most Americans who either support or accept the large amount of money spent on the U.S. military probably do so because they think it makes our nation secure. But does it really?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/01/28/climate-change-cant-be-excuse-for-militarization/
Jan. 28, 2021 - President Joe Biden signed a suite of executive orders on climate policy, including one that enshrines climate change as a key consideration for American foreign policy and national security. Tha...
