Blog - /blog/2020/01/09/threat-war-inflates-stock-holdings-military-contractor-ceos/
- As long as we allow the top executives of our privatized war economy to reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive for war in Iran — or anywhere — will persist.
Blog - /blog/2020/01/15/yes-we-really-can-cut-pentagon-pay-medicare-all/
- A blog from Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget took issue with my October 17 op-ed in the The New York Times, “We Don’t Need to Raise Taxes to Have ‘Medicare f...
Blog - /blog/2020/01/03/call-congress-no-war-iran/
- ...military strike to kill Iranian military leader Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in Baghdad, an act that has driven the Iranians to swear retaliation. The military action to kill Maj. Gen. Qassim...
Blog - /blog/2019/10/23/trumps-endless-wars/
- Trump’s not bringing the troops home. He’s been haphazardly deploying more troops, drones, and dollars abroad, while waging a shadow foreign policy for his own benefit.
Blog - /blog/2019/10/21/fall-party-2019-northampton-ma/
- Join us October 29 in Northampton, MA!
Blog - /blog/2019/09/20/11-percent-military-budget-renewable-energy-every-home/
- There are 127,586,000 households total in the U.S., according to the most recent Census. The cost of wind power for the average US household for one year is $581.28 as of 2018, and the cost...
Blog - /blog/2019/09/01/remembering-frances-crowe/
- This week, Frances Crowe, the lifelong peace and anti-nuclear activist (among other causes), passed away. She was 100 years old, and she estimated that she’d been arrested for civil disobedience...
Blog - /blog/2019/08/09/bipartisan-738-billion-military-budget-deal/
- ...military budget.
Blog - /blog/2019/07/18/ten-good-things-about-houses-too-big-military-budget/
- ...military budget of $733 billion through the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Blog - /blog/2019/07/09/amendments-2020-ndaa-good-actually/
- ...military’s budget will be.
Blog - /blog/2019/07/03/trade-offs-trumps-4th-july-salute-pentagon-waste/
- This 4th of July, President Trump is flaunting some of the Pentagon's deepest money pits on the National Mall.
Blog - /blog/2019/06/28/what-still-wasnt-said-democratic-debate-night-2/
- Another ten candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination answered questions last night in the second of back-to-back debates. The contenders and moderators said a bit more about ou...
Blog - /blog/2019/06/25/pentagons-climate-impact-threat-our-planet/
- ...military itself is a force driving climate chaos.
Blog - /blog/2019/06/17/poor-peoples-moral-budget-everybody-has-right-live/
- For the 140 million people who are poor, or one emergency away from being poor, we know it's necessary to present a comprehensive response to the systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation,...
Blog - /blog/2019/05/24/people-over-pentagon-slash-200-billion-military-budget/
- ...military funds enough to free $2 trillion or more over the next decade for big, bold, urgent people-first priorities.
Blog - /blog/2019/05/17/united-states-and-saudi-arabia-take-top-two-spots-world-military-spending-person/
- ...military spending. Once again, the United States is on top. We spent more than one third of the world's total, two and a half times as much as the second coutnry on the list (China), and more than the...
Blog - /blog/2019/04/11/your-taxes-provided-48-billion-lockheed-martin-and-some-other-stuff/
- ...military contractors cost the average taxpayer more than the price of a new Macbook Pro, but public housing costs the average taxpayer less than a curling iron from Wal-Mart. The average American paid...
Blog - /blog/2019/03/25/trump-budget-trade-offs-2020/
- ...military budget is so huge that the Trump budget's proposed increases for FY 2020 can seem like a drop in the bucket. But let's compare the value of some of Trump's most extra priorities to thing...
Blog - /blog/2019/03/19/trumps-174-billion-budget-lie/
- If Trump pretends that the Pentagon is also subject to strict spending limits, he can argue that his more than $50 billion in cuts to programs like the Environmental Protection Agency and Legal Aid ar...
Blog - /blog/2019/03/11/trumps-fy2020-budget-request/
- At long last, President Trump released his third presidential budget request today, after a month-long delay due to the government shutdown. And it’s a doozy.
