Analysis - /analysis/2020/ten-better-uses-10-pentagon-budget/
Aug. 11, 2020 - ...ward better spending priorities, and could make a tremendous difference in other programs ranging from health care and education to job creation at a time when it is desperately needed.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/08/defund-the-pentagon-too/
July 8, 2020 - Any effort to reduce police spending and focus on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/07/07/democrats-be-bold-on-national-security/
July 7, 2020 - Even before the pandemic, it was clear that more money didn’t mean more real security.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/local-resolution-end-transfer-military-equipment-police/
June 25, 2020 - ...of Defense has transfered more than $7 billion worth of military equipment to more than 8,000 law enforcement agencies around the country through what is known as the 1033 Program. As p...
Blog - /blog/2020/06/25/end-racism-militarism-us-now/
June 25, 2020 - ...of militarization over human life and needs. It's time to defund.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/06/19/dismantle-war-economy/
June 19, 2020 - To create real security, we must slash the Pentagon budget and invest in meeting everyone’s basic human needs.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/us-over-investment-pentagon-left-us-vulnerable-coronavirus/
June 15, 2020 - ...of billions of dollars to the Pentagon and militarized policing and immigration systems in the name of security, while underinvesting in priorities like health care, medical research and poverty progr...
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...
