Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/06/02/peace-referendum-advances/
June 2, 2020 - Dozens of New Haveners turned out to a virtual public hearing, invoking two new crises to press lawmakers for support for an older cause, with a referendum that calls upon U.S. Congress to reallo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/05/06/spending-trillions-defense-unprepared-disasters/
May 6, 2020 - The Pentagon has been talking about the dangers of climate change for decades, much more candidly than Congress or the White House, said Lorah Steichen, coauthor of the new report from National Priori...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/graphics/
April 29, 2020 - Share graphics from our new "No Warming, No War" report on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram using the hashtag #NoWarmingNoWar, or spread in your own networks:&nb...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/why-not-green-military/
April 29, 2020 - The largest industrial military in the world is also one of the biggest polluters. Maintaining a massive military requires significant investment in carbon-intensive infrastructure and gas-guzzling eq...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/talking-points/
April 29, 2020 - General talking points on climate and militarism from the "No Warming, No War" report.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/no-warming-no-war/
April 22, 2020 - Climate change and militarism intersect in a variety of alarming ways: Recognizing that the impacts of climate change will dramatically increase instability around the globe, this paper examines ...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/tax-day-2020/
March 18, 2020 - Tax Day is delayed several months this year to July 15, 2020, due to the pandemic. Want to know what your taxes pay for, and how much?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/03/05/save-lives-shift-pentagon-spending-public-health/
March 5, 2020 - The security 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) unde...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/03/03/reallocate-defense-spending-fund-needs-at-home/
March 3, 2020 - While primary candidates have ambitiously taken on many pressing issues impacting South Carolinians, there’s another thing I encourage them to address: an excessive Pentagon budget that prioriti...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/three-big-ideas-reducing-military-spending/
March 2, 2020 - The time has come for an end to the United States ill-conceived wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the moment is ripe for a new peace dividend. Today’s threats are mostly non-military in nature: ...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/fact-sheet-what-buy-instead-border-wall-updated/
March 2, 2020 - ...FEDERAL FUNDING TO PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS BY 70% The primary source of federal aid to public schools is the Title I program that provides federal funding to schools that serve lower- income students. ...
Analysis - /analysis/2020/fact-sheet-militarism-united-states/
March 2, 2020 - Militarism and violence are the hallmarks 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 a...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/02/29/milwaukee-pays-high-price-for-war/
Feb. 29, 2020 - Since 2001, the total cost of America’s wars just to county taxpayers was $10.68 billion.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2020/02/24/nevada-county-group-urges-peace-through-budgets/
Feb. 24, 2020 - While some opponents may naturally say the money is needed to make sure the military is properly funded, the majority of military spending does not go toward U.S. military personnel.
Analysis - /analysis/2020/president-trumps-2021-budget-prioritizes-pentagon/
Feb. 10, 2020 - ...federal agency would face cuts under the president’s proposal. Across the board, the Trump budget prioritizes brute force and military solutions over humanitarian and diplomatic ones.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/10/24/warren-tough-choices-funding-medicare-for-all/
Oct. 24, 2019 - ...federal budget, like the Pentagon.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2019/08/09/deficit-hawks-enabling-next-us-war/
Aug. 9, 2019 - The U.S. budget is rigged to hold essential domestic programs hostage to the Pentagon's war chest.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/poor-peoples-moral-budget/poor-peoples-moral-budget-key-findings/
June 17, 2019 - Key findings from the Poor People's Moral Budget report.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/tax-day-2019-notes-and-sources/
April 11, 2019 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck, and due this year on April 15.
Analysis - /analysis/2019/tax-day-2019/tax-day-2019-social-media-toolkit/
April 11, 2019 - Tax Day 2019 graphics for social media.
