Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/22/food-banks-struggle-congress-858-billion-military/
Dec. 22, 2022 - ...budget and Republicans derailed the Child Tax Credit expansion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/12/22/2023-military-budget-hike-3200-times-nlrb-increase/
Dec. 22, 2022 - ...budget reveals what we value, this one should give us pause: extravagant spending for the war machine, scraps for workers.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-rewards-military-expense-domestic-needs/
Dec. 20, 2022 - ...budget deal is shameful. It perpetuates the status quo, where domestic priorities never get equal footing with military spending. It’s unconscionable to keep throwing more money at Pentagon cont...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/11/30/lawmakers-propose-record-847b-defense-budget/
Nov. 30, 2022 - ...budget, calling it a “slap in the face.”
Analysis - /analysis/2022/fact-sheet-no-national-security-without-climate-security/
Sept. 29, 2022 - Climate change represents arguably the biggest threat to U.S. national security - and human security - of the 21st century. Decades of inaction have led to worsening and more frequent extreme weather ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/06/07/defense-contractors-tax-dollars-profit-ukraine/
June 7, 2022 - Purchasing weapons and military services with taxpayer dollars has always been, and continues to be, a highly profitable endeavor for defense contractors. But it is in a real war, such as in Ukraine, ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/healthcare-covid-response-military-top-2021-tax/
April 18, 2022 - ...federal tax dollars are spent. Each year, the National Priorities Project breaks down what happens to the largest revenue source for the federal government: our income taxes. The average 202...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/18/tax-day-2022-where-texans-federal-tax-dollars-go/
April 18, 2022 - Tax Day is here, and whether you love or loathe it often depends on if you owe money to the government.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/tax-day-2022-notes-and-sources/
April 15, 2022 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. These are one type of taxes withheld from your paycheck, and they pay for a vast array of government programs.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/tax-day-2022/
April 15, 2022 - Tax Day this year is April 18, 2022. Americans will file their tax returns for all income received in 2021. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and who pays what?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/13/about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors/
April 13, 2022 - This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/04/06/biden-new-pentagon-budget-prioritizes-war/
April 6, 2022 - Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/31/how-biden-budget-prioritizes-war-over-people-needs/
March 31, 2022 - ...federal budget whose key priorities are out of line with his campaign platform. His budget includes significant increases in military and police spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-wants-163-times-to-military-than-pandemic/
March 29, 2022 - "Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic," said one public health expert.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-requests-record-defense-budget/
March 29, 2022 - ...budget request for Fiscal Year 2023 that continues the trend of sharply rising defense spending by proposing a record $813.3 billion in military spending—an increase of $31 billion, about four p...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/28/biden-using-ukraine-dangerous-nuclear-weapons/
March 28, 2022 - ...budget calls for $50.9 billion in nuclear weapons spending.
Blog - /blog/2022/03/18/its-time-divest-systems-harm-and-build-infrastructure-care/
March 18, 2022 - ...budget package Congress crudely showed us their firm and long standing commitment to inequality, corporate greed, and military spending. We won’t stand for it.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/super-polluting-pentagon-climate-plan-greenwash/
March 10, 2022 - US military aims for net zero by 2050 but with a carbon footprint greater than some 140 countries critics say it needs radical change
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/yanking-covid-relief-house-782-billion-military/
March 10, 2022 - "This is the definition of prioritizing the Pentagon (militarism and war) over the people," said one advocacy group.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-prioritizes-war-and-militarization-over-critical-needs-again/
March 9, 2022 - ...budget deal announced today repeats a longtime pattern by putting more resources into the military and war than into K-12 education, affordable housing, public health, scientific and medical research,...
