Climate Week NYC 2026: War and the Climate Crisis Demand International Solidarity From Our Movements
The world we want now and for future generations is one where we are safe, healthy, and cared for. Let’s work together to make it ours.
The world we want now and for future generations is one where we are safe, healthy, and cared for. Let’s work together to make it ours.
Trump’s Pentagon hike would send war spending to nearly 70 percent of discretionary funds. Most would benefit weapons contractors.
That sum could address the teacher shortage, install thousands of solar panels, or ease the housing crisis
The beacon of hope in the midst of this nightmare is the increase in movement organizing to protect immigrant communities from the administration’s attacks.
Common Dreams cites IPS’s Hanna Homestead finding that the National Guard deployment in D.C. costs nearly 9 to 10 times more than it would to house every homeless person in the city — while a Reuters investigation finds the troops have had almost no impact on violent crime.
A federal budget that truly reflects the needs of its people should not allocate disproportionate funding for an autonomous weapons program.
Under the Trump administration, Congress and federal agencies have already committed a total of $268.9 billion in federal funds for immigration enforcement.
Congress and federal agencies have already committed a total of $268.9 billion for immigration enforcement through 2029.
Latin Times cites IPS data on National Guard deployment costs during Chicago’s immigration enforcement surge, as part of a broader accounting of how federal immigration raids have cost the economies of Los Angeles, Houston, and Chicago billions in lost output, jobs, and tax revenue.
Newsweek cites IPS’s National Priorities Project finding that Trump’s mass deportation plan will cost U.S. taxpayers $268.9 billion, illustrated with a county-by-county breakdown of where that money is being spent.