Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-requests-record-defense-budget/
March 29, 2022 - The Biden White House unveiled a 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 incr...
Blog - /blog/2022/03/18/its-time-divest-systems-harm-and-build-infrastructure-care/
March 18, 2022 - With the passage of the latest 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/dem-leadership-pulls-covid-relief-spending-bill/
March 10, 2022 - "Yet somehow, we can afford to throw $782 BILLION to the Pentagon," says Public Citizen. "It doesn't have to be this way."
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 - ...housing, public health, scientific and medical research, early childhood education and care, and homelessness combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/07/existential-danger-ukraine-invasion-fossil-fuel/
March 7, 2022 - Just as scientists warn we must drastically shift away from fossil fuel extraction, the Biden administration is pressing for more oil production.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/07/america-competes-act-feeds-china-tensions/
Feb. 7, 2022 - "Prioritizing any version of the bill over all the ongoing crises that people are dealing with today in the U.S. shows that getting an edge over China is apparently our government's most urgent priori...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/moral-budget-vs-war-budget/
Dec. 20, 2021 - These two bills represent diametrically opposed views of how to address the challenges of our time: a moral budget vs a war budget. Congress: Which side are you on?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/16/congress-778-billion-pentagon-build-back-better/
Dec. 16, 2021 - Some senators say Biden’s social and climate bill costs too much, but comparing it to the military spending plan they just passed suggests otherwise.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/15/endlessly-increasing-pentagon-budget/
Dec. 15, 2021 - “Houses Passes Defense Bill in Rare Display of Unity to Salvage Shared Priority” (news article, Dec. 8) didn’t do justice to the sheer size of the Pentagon budget. After months of in...
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/2021/12/13/whats-in-768-billion-defense-bill/
Dec. 13, 2021 - A $768 billion defense bill passed the House last week. Where is all this money going? And how could shifting national security concerns impact the future of military spending?
Analysis - /analysis/2021/national-priorities-project-institute-policy-studies-condemns-passage-768-billio/
Dec. 8, 2021 - The House of Representatives yesterday voted to approve a $768 billion Pentagon bill. National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies released the following statement.
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/2021/10/03/climate-crisis-vs-military-spending/
Oct. 3, 2021 - The Climate Crisis is the most-certain and the most-immediate 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 - 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/2021/09/29/since-911-us-spent-21-trillion-militarism/
Sept. 29, 2021 - Since the 9/11 attacks, the US has spent more than $21 trillion on militarization, surveillance, and repression, all in the name of security, according to the Institute for Policy Studies’ repor...
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...
