Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/05/27/america-needs-coronavirus-cure-not-more-war/
May 27, 2020 - Progressive democrats look to reduce the defense budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/05/08/first-military-spending-last-in-covid19-response/
May 8, 2020 - COVID-19 is a dress rehearsal for the climate crisis, and right now we're failing.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/05/06/spending-trillions-defense-unprepared-disasters/
May 6, 2020 - ...of climate change for decades, much more candidly than Congress or the White House, said Lorah Steichen, coauthor of the new report from National Priorities Project. When it comes to taking on climate...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/graphics/
April 29, 2020 - ...Warming, No War" report on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using the hashtag #NoWarmingNoWar, or spread in your own networks:
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/talking-points/
April 29, 2020 - ...Warming, No War" report.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/discussion-guide/
April 29, 2020 - ...Warming, No War" report
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/
April 22, 2020 - ...of alarming ways: Recognizing that the impacts of climate change will dramatically increase instability around the globe, this paper examines the role of militarism in a climate-changed world.&nb...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/03/05/save-lives-shift-pentagon-spending-public-health/
March 5, 2020 - ...of United States and the world depends on far more than throwing money at the Pentagon to deal with potential military challenges. The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) underscores this ...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/toll-poverty/
March 2, 2020 - ...of-medicare-for-all. 25. Heidi Garrett-Peltier, “Job Opportunity Cost of War.” May 24, 2017, https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2017/Job%20Opportunity%20Cost%20of%2...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/three-big-ideas-reducing-military-spending/
March 2, 2020 - ...wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the moment is ripe for a new peace dividend. Today’s threats are mostly non-military in nature: climate change, global economic inequality, and rising nationali...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/fact-sheet-militarism-united-states/
March 2, 2020 - ...of U.S. policy at home and abroad. From war to mass incarceration and beyond, these policies amplify poverty, racism and environmental degradation. They can and must change.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/02/29/milwaukee-pays-high-price-for-war/
Feb. 29, 2020 - ...cost of America’s wars just to county taxpayers was $10.68 billion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/02/12/trump-budget-proposal-speaks-to-his-values/
Feb. 12, 2020 - ...of billions or even trillions of dollars, it’s easy to get lost in the massive numbers and to lose sight of what those changes in resources could really mean in the context of people’s liv...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/president-trumps-2021-budget-prioritizes-pentagon/
Feb. 10, 2020 - ...of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Treasury Department. From Agriculture to Education, and from Commerce to State, every other federal agency ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/15/phyllis-bennis-january-2020-democratic-debate/
Jan. 15, 2020 - ...of that country’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/15/wars-on-iraq-and-terror-cost-6-trillion/
Jan. 15, 2020 - ...War”. She refers to data researched by the Watson Institute showing the cost of the Iraq War and related costs to $6.9 Trillion since 2001, and how that money could be spent better.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/01/08/we-cant-afford-another-war/
Jan. 8, 2020 - ...war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/12/19/swords-into-plowshares-or-wind-solar-we-could-have/
Dec. 19, 2019 - ...of its electricity from renewable energy if we had used the money spent on our ill-advised wars in the Middle East to build wind and solar systems, as well as battery storage, here at home.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/12/15/hartung-lessons-battling-pentagon-four-decades/
Dec. 15, 2019 - ...of the National Priorities Project has pointed out, that sort of money could have underwritten significant parts of major initiatives like the Green New Deal or Medicare for All that would change...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/11/05/overturning-ACA-massive-tax-cut-for-wealthy/
Nov. 5, 2019 - ...ward infrastructure, social programs and climate investments while restoring “fair taxes” on corporations and the rich. Medicare for All could be paid for with an annual $350 billion tran...
